diff --git a/net/devlink/health.c b/net/devlink/health.c
index 0839706d5741..194340a8bb86 100644
--- a/net/devlink/health.c
+++ b/net/devlink/health.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static void devlink_recover_notify(struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter,
 	int err;
 
 	WARN_ON(cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_HEALTH_REPORTER_RECOVER);
-	WARN_ON(!xa_get_mark(&devlinks, devlink->index, DEVLINK_REGISTERED));
+	ASSERT_DEVLINK_REGISTERED(devlink);
 
 	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg)