diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
index 893eece65bfd..f347cf9e4634 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ static u64 cpuacct_cpuusage_read(struct cpuacct *ca, int cpu,
 	 * We allow index == CPUACCT_STAT_NSTATS here to read
 	 * the sum of usages.
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(index > CPUACCT_STAT_NSTATS);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(index > CPUACCT_STAT_NSTATS))
+		return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
 	/*