diff --git a/scheduler/src/scheduler_api.c b/scheduler/src/scheduler_api.c
index a01f8ffacd9b..07d2b7605a6e 100644
--- a/scheduler/src/scheduler_api.c
+++ b/scheduler/src/scheduler_api.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
  * above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ QDF_STATUS scheduler_post_msg_by_priority(uint32_t qid,
 	}
 
 	if (!sched_ctx->queue_ctx.scheduler_msg_process_fn[qidx]) {
-		QDF_DEBUG_PANIC("callback not registered for qid[%d]", que_id);
+		sched_err("callback not registered for qid[%d]", que_id);
 		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
 	}