diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
index e05c3cea322c..543b9b3171d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ void drm_mm_takedown(struct drm_mm * mm)
 {
 	struct drm_mm_node *entry, *next;
 
-	if (!list_empty(&mm->head_node.node_list)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Memory manager not clean. Delaying takedown\n");
+	if (WARN(!list_empty(&mm->head_node.node_list),
+		 "Memory manager not clean. Delaying takedown\n")) {
 		return;
 	}