diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index 53fbdbbe8..1fc9dead9 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -1410,9 +1410,13 @@ batadv_iv_ogm_update_seqnos(const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
 		return BATADV_NO_DUP;
 
 	orig_ifinfo = batadv_orig_ifinfo_new(orig_node, if_outgoing);
-	if (WARN_ON(!orig_ifinfo)) {
+	if (!orig_ifinfo) {
+		/* This allocation can legitimately fail (for example under
+		 * memory pressure or fault injection), in which case duplicate
+		 * detection must be skipped without emitting a kernel warning.
+		 */
 		batadv_orig_node_put(orig_node);
-		return 0;
+		return BATADV_NO_DUP;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->bat_iv.ogm_cnt_lock);