diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 336f04da80ed..800bcad67325 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *old,
 	if (newdentry == trap)
 		goto out_dput;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(olddentry->d_inode == newdentry->d_inode))
+	if (olddentry->d_inode == newdentry->d_inode)
 		goto out_dput;
 
 	err = 0;