diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index ec0668a60678d215dadc9baa97623ddbd3dbc160..fe1f50fe764ff9238354e2e30491c6e1e6d149b9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ static int ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* If checksum is bad mark all blocks used to prevent allocation
 	 * essentially implementing a per-group read-only flag. */
 	if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sb, block_group, gdp)) {
-		ext4_error(sb, "Checksum bad for group %u", block_group);
 		grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, block_group);
 		if (!EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
 			percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter,
@@ -442,14 +441,16 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
 	}
 	ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
 	if (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
-
 		err = ext4_init_block_bitmap(sb, bh, block_group, desc);
 		set_bitmap_uptodate(bh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			ext4_error(sb, "Failed to init block bitmap for group "
+				   "%u: %d", block_group, err);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		goto verify;
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3fcfd50a2e8a0c05315d823fa1219bea2c87f6c8..acc0ad56bf2f43c5c3a95502342e83a28f8b4148 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ static int ext4_init_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* If checksum is bad mark all blocks and inodes use to prevent
 	 * allocation, essentially implementing a per-group read-only flag. */
 	if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sb, block_group, gdp)) {
-		ext4_error(sb, "Checksum bad for group %u", block_group);
 		grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, block_group);
 		if (!EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
 			percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter,
@@ -191,8 +190,11 @@ ext4_read_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
 		set_buffer_verified(bh);
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			ext4_error(sb, "Failed to init inode bitmap for group "
+				   "%u: %d", block_group, err);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		return bh;
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);