diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_mem.c b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_mem.c
index 26ebfc4ad7a9..eb65eb588004 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_mem.c
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_mem.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ void qdf_mem_clean(void)
 				  prev_mleak_line_num, prev_mleak_sz);
 		}
 #ifdef CONFIG_HALT_KMEMLEAK
-		BUG_ON(0);
+		BUG_ON(1);
 #endif
 	}
 }