diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 685c50ae6300..a170d83043a5 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int tracepoint_add_func(struct tracepoint *tp,
 			lockdep_is_held(&tracepoints_mutex));
 	old = func_add(&tp_funcs, func, prio);
 	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(PTR_ERR(old) != -ENOMEM);
 		return PTR_ERR(old);
 	}
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static int tracepoint_remove_func(struct tracepoint *tp,
 			lockdep_is_held(&tracepoints_mutex));
 	old = func_remove(&tp_funcs, func);
 	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(PTR_ERR(old) != -ENOMEM);
 		return PTR_ERR(old);
 	}