diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 9639938581f5..2264c6619def 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -5447,7 +5447,6 @@ static int qeth_extract_skbs(struct qeth_card *card, int budget,
 {
 	int work_done = 0;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!budget);
 	*done = false;
 
 	while (budget) {