diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/export.c b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
index 2eada97bbd23..e065a5b9a442 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int ovl_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, u32 *fid, int *max_len,
 		return FILEID_INVALID;
 
 	dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
-	if (WARN_ON(!dentry))
+	if (!dentry)
 		return FILEID_INVALID;
 
 	bytes = ovl_dentry_to_fid(ofs, dentry, fid, buflen);