diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 5ba4f9434acd..5ad72dbfcd07 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -4229,7 +4229,9 @@ static void __devlink_flash_update_notify(struct devlink *devlink,
 	WARN_ON(cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_FLASH_UPDATE &&
 		cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_FLASH_UPDATE_END &&
 		cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_FLASH_UPDATE_STATUS);
-	WARN_ON(!xa_get_mark(&devlinks, devlink->index, DEVLINK_REGISTERED));
+
+	if (!xa_get_mark(&devlinks, devlink->index, DEVLINK_REGISTERED))
+		return;
 
 	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg)