diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index 6f6597b3966b0abf60465d1ac2249979a18b4956..98ba106a59efffae4ae969e609b4abcfd753efc2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -581,9 +581,10 @@ static int nvram_pstore_init(void)
 	spin_lock_init(&nvram_pstore_info.buf_lock);
 
 	rc = pstore_register(&nvram_pstore_info);
-	if (rc != 0)
-		pr_err("nvram: pstore_register() failed, defaults to "
-				"kmsg_dump; returned %d\n", rc);
+	if (rc && (rc != -EPERM))
+		/* Print error only when pstore.backend == nvram */
+		pr_err("nvram: pstore_register() failed, returned %d. "
+				"Defaults to kmsg_dump\n", rc);
 
 	return rc;
 }