diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index b8efca9dc2cb..aed90788db5c 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -544,8 +544,14 @@ static void do_free_cleaned_kprobes(void)
 	struct optimized_kprobe *op, *tmp;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(op, tmp, &freeing_list, list) {
-		BUG_ON(!kprobe_unused(&op->kp));
 		list_del_init(&op->list);
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!kprobe_unused(&op->kp))) {
+			/*
+			 * This must not happen, but if there is a kprobe
+			 * still in use, keep it on kprobes hash list.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		}
 		free_aggr_kprobe(&op->kp);
 	}
 }