diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 082778cf883e1cb2984f50fb40ca9639f3bd3220..f9adf4805fd740c3283c7b5b1361e12052869aba 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_get_next_ext);
  */
 void *idr_replace(struct idr *idr, void *ptr, int id)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(id < 0))
+	if (id < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	return idr_replace_ext(idr, ptr, id);