diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 18c51b40f665..d82d00f5451f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features)
 	skb->mac_len = skb->network_header - skb->mac_header;
 	__skb_pull(skb, skb->mac_len);
 
-	if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
 		if (skb_header_cloned(skb) &&
 		    (err = pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)))
 			return ERR_PTR(err);