diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/closure.c b/drivers/md/bcache/closure.c
index d8d9394a6beb..18f21d4e9aaa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/closure.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/closure.c
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ static inline void closure_put_after_sub(struct closure *cl, int flags)
 {
 	int r = flags & CLOSURE_REMAINING_MASK;
 
-	BUG_ON(flags & CLOSURE_GUARD_MASK);
-	BUG_ON(!r && (flags & ~CLOSURE_DESTRUCTOR));
+	if (WARN(flags & CLOSURE_GUARD_MASK,
+		 "closure has guard bits set: %x (%u)",
+		 flags & CLOSURE_GUARD_MASK, (unsigned) __fls(r)))
+		r &= ~CLOSURE_GUARD_MASK;
 
 	if (!r) {
+		WARN(flags & ~CLOSURE_DESTRUCTOR,
+		     "closure ref hit 0 with incorrect flags set: %x (%u)",
+		     flags & ~CLOSURE_DESTRUCTOR, (unsigned) __fls(flags));
+
 		if (cl->fn && !(flags & CLOSURE_DESTRUCTOR)) {
 			atomic_set(&cl->remaining,
 				   CLOSURE_REMAINING_INITIALIZER);