diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 6e2623e57b2e..d26d5ea4de7b 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_dir);
  */
 static int verify_dirent_name(const char *name, int len)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!len))
+	if (!len)
 		return -EIO;
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(memchr(name, '/', len)))
+	if (memchr(name, '/', len))
 		return -EIO;
 	return 0;
 }