diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c
index 243ed7172dd2..da3b782ab7d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ void wg_packet_receive(struct wg_device *wg, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		wg_packet_consume_data(wg, skb);
 		break;
 	default:
-		net_dbg_skb_ratelimited("%s: Invalid packet from %pISpfsc\n",
-					wg->dev->name, skb);
+		WARN(1, "Non-exhaustive parsing of packet header lead to unknown packet type!\n");
 		goto err;
 	}
 	return;