diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 54593b0c241b..21e3a4ab3b8c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -748,8 +748,7 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_pending(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
 		breakpoint_handler(addr, regs);
 		break;
 	case ARM_ENTRY_ASYNC_WATCHPOINT:
-		WARN_ON("Asynchronous watchpoint exception taken. "
-			"Debugging results may be unreliable");
+		WARN(1, "Asynchronous watchpoint exception taken. Debugging results may be unreliable\n");
 	case ARM_ENTRY_SYNC_WATCHPOINT:
 		watchpoint_handler(addr, regs);
 		break;