diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b68da8eefcdb..e3309ce12f1d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -736,10 +736,9 @@ static void credit_entropy_bits(struct entropy_store *r, int nbits)
 		} while (unlikely(entropy_count < pool_size-2 && pnfrac));
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(entropy_count < 0)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(entropy_count < 0)) {
 		pr_warn("random: negative entropy/overflow: pool %s count %d\n",
 			r->name, entropy_count);
-		WARN_ON(1);
 		entropy_count = 0;
 	} else if (entropy_count > pool_size)
 		entropy_count = pool_size;
@@ -1364,10 +1363,9 @@ static size_t account(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes, int min,
 	if (ibytes < min)
 		ibytes = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(entropy_count < 0)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(entropy_count < 0)) {
 		pr_warn("random: negative entropy count: pool %s count %d\n",
 			r->name, entropy_count);
-		WARN_ON(1);
 		entropy_count = 0;
 	}
 	nfrac = ibytes << (ENTROPY_SHIFT + 3);