diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 61660248c69e..e59d5cbb644a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	BUG_ON(idx >= priv->echo_skb_max);
+	if (idx >= priv->echo_skb_max) {
+		netdev_err(dev, "%s: BUG! Trying to access can_priv::echo_skb out of bounds (%u/max %u)\n",
+			   __func__, idx, priv->echo_skb_max);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* check flag whether this packet has to be looped back */
 	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_ECHO) ||