diff --git a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c
--- a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void jffs2_del_ino_cache(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_cache *old)
 	struct jffs2_inode_cache **prev;

 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_XATTR
-	BUG_ON(old->xref);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(old->xref);
 #endif
 	dbg_inocache("del %p (ino #%u)\n", old, old->ino);
 	spin_lock(&c->inocache_lock);