diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 5446a0861d1d..5be00436b5b8 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ static char *savemem(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, u32 *p, int nbytes)
 		p = new;
 		memcpy(p, argp->tmp, nbytes);
 	} else {
-		if (p != argp->tmpp)
-			BUG();
+		BUG_ON(p != argp->tmpp);
 		argp->tmpp = NULL;
 	}
 	if (defer_free(argp, kfree, p)) {