diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8f9a8b009a238d..4b1053057ca601 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3899,10 +3899,12 @@ int dev_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 queue_id)
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 
+	dev_xmit_recursion_inc();
 	HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
 	if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_drv_stopped(txq))
 		ret = netdev_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq, false);
 	HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
+	dev_xmit_recursion_dec();
 
 	local_bh_enable();
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 8abfde0d28ee5f..b11d116383dabf 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ bool sk_mc_loop(struct sock *sk)
 		return inet6_sk(sk)->mc_loop;
 #endif
 	}
-	WARN_ON(1);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_mc_loop);