diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 1821b6386d3b..09c3bd9f8e76 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ static int ipcget_public(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_ids *ids,
 static void ipc_kht_remove(struct ipc_ids *ids, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
 {
 	if (ipcp->key != IPC_PRIVATE)
-		rhashtable_remove_fast(&ids->key_ht, &ipcp->khtnode,
-				       ipc_kht_params);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(rhashtable_remove_fast(&ids->key_ht, &ipcp->khtnode,
+				       ipc_kht_params));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ void ipc_rmid(struct ipc_ids *ids, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
 {
 	int idx = ipcid_to_idx(ipcp->id);
 
-	idr_remove(&ids->ipcs_idr, idx);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(idr_remove(&ids->ipcs_idr, idx) != ipcp);
 	ipc_kht_remove(ids, ipcp);
 	ids->in_use--;
 	ipcp->deleted = true;