diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c
index f2a7877e0c8c98a0b830d04495a9f8dcf156f79f..01fb1831ca250b43172c7b046a2447b590feda0e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ static int nilfs_bmap_convert_error(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap,
 	struct inode *inode = bmap->b_inode;
 
 	if (err == -EINVAL) {
-		nilfs_error(inode->i_sb, fname,
-			    "broken bmap (inode number=%lu)", inode->i_ino);
+		__nilfs_error(inode->i_sb, fname,
+			      "broken bmap (inode number=%lu)", inode->i_ino);
 		err = -EIO;
 	}
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index e506f4f7120a4272587e3231f327d7277b6a2ffa..746956d2937a9e835b9527a9bc0c32cbdea72588 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -140,10 +140,9 @@ static bool nilfs_check_page(struct page *page)
 	/* Too bad, we had an error */
 
 Ebadsize:
-	nilfs_error(sb, "nilfs_check_page",
+	nilfs_error(sb,
 		    "size of directory #%lu is not a multiple of chunk size",
-		    dir->i_ino
-	);
+		    dir->i_ino);
 	goto fail;
 Eshort:
 	error = "rec_len is smaller than minimal";
@@ -157,19 +156,18 @@ static bool nilfs_check_page(struct page *page)
 Espan:
 	error = "directory entry across blocks";
 bad_entry:
-	nilfs_error(sb, "nilfs_check_page", "bad entry in directory #%lu: %s - "
-		    "offset=%lu, inode=%lu, rec_len=%d, name_len=%d",
-		    dir->i_ino, error, (page->index<<PAGE_SHIFT)+offs,
-		    (unsigned long) le64_to_cpu(p->inode),
+	nilfs_error(sb,
+		    "bad entry in directory #%lu: %s - offset=%lu, inode=%lu, rec_len=%d, name_len=%d",
+		    dir->i_ino, error, (page->index << PAGE_SHIFT) + offs,
+		    (unsigned long)le64_to_cpu(p->inode),
 		    rec_len, p->name_len);
 	goto fail;
 Eend:
 	p = (struct nilfs_dir_entry *)(kaddr + offs);
-	nilfs_error(sb, "nilfs_check_page",
-		    "entry in directory #%lu spans the page boundary"
-		    "offset=%lu, inode=%lu",
-		    dir->i_ino, (page->index<<PAGE_SHIFT)+offs,
-		    (unsigned long) le64_to_cpu(p->inode));
+	nilfs_error(sb,
+		    "entry in directory #%lu spans the page boundary offset=%lu, inode=%lu",
+		    dir->i_ino, (page->index << PAGE_SHIFT) + offs,
+		    (unsigned long)le64_to_cpu(p->inode));
 fail:
 	SetPageError(page);
 	return false;
@@ -267,8 +265,7 @@ static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		struct page *page = nilfs_get_page(inode, n);
 
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
-			nilfs_error(sb, __func__, "bad page in #%lu",
-				    inode->i_ino);
+			nilfs_error(sb, "bad page in #%lu", inode->i_ino);
 			ctx->pos += PAGE_SIZE - offset;
 			return -EIO;
 		}
@@ -278,8 +275,7 @@ static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			NILFS_DIR_REC_LEN(1);
 		for ( ; (char *)de <= limit; de = nilfs_next_entry(de)) {
 			if (de->rec_len == 0) {
-				nilfs_error(sb, __func__,
-					    "zero-length directory entry");
+				nilfs_error(sb, "zero-length directory entry");
 				nilfs_put_page(page);
 				return -EIO;
 			}
@@ -345,7 +341,7 @@ nilfs_find_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *qstr,
 			kaddr += nilfs_last_byte(dir, n) - reclen;
 			while ((char *) de <= kaddr) {
 				if (de->rec_len == 0) {
-					nilfs_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+					nilfs_error(dir->i_sb,
 						"zero-length directory entry");
 					nilfs_put_page(page);
 					goto out;
@@ -360,7 +356,7 @@ nilfs_find_entry(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *qstr,
 			n = 0;
 		/* next page is past the blocks we've got */
 		if (unlikely(n > (dir->i_blocks >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9)))) {
-			nilfs_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+			nilfs_error(dir->i_sb,
 			       "dir %lu size %lld exceeds block count %llu",
 			       dir->i_ino, dir->i_size,
 			       (unsigned long long)dir->i_blocks);
@@ -469,7 +465,7 @@ int nilfs_add_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 				goto got_it;
 			}
 			if (de->rec_len == 0) {
-				nilfs_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+				nilfs_error(dir->i_sb,
 					    "zero-length directory entry");
 				err = -EIO;
 				goto out_unlock;
@@ -541,7 +537,7 @@ int nilfs_delete_entry(struct nilfs_dir_entry *dir, struct page *page)
 
 	while ((char *)de < (char *)dir) {
 		if (de->rec_len == 0) {
-			nilfs_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+			nilfs_error(inode->i_sb,
 				    "zero-length directory entry");
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
@@ -628,7 +624,7 @@ int nilfs_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
 
 		while ((char *)de <= kaddr) {
 			if (de->rec_len == 0) {
-				nilfs_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+				nilfs_error(inode->i_sb,
 					    "zero-length directory entry (kaddr=%p, de=%p)",
 					    kaddr, de);
 				goto not_empty;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c b/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
index 1d2b1805327a0c8886927a16b00f69e8db8ef96c..b1c96285aa4ac7d06bac711028c307779036bb59 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ int nilfs_ifile_get_inode_block(struct inode *ifile, ino_t ino,
 	int err;
 
 	if (unlikely(!NILFS_VALID_INODE(sb, ino))) {
-		nilfs_error(sb, __func__, "bad inode number: %lu",
-			    (unsigned long) ino);
+		nilfs_error(sb, "bad inode number: %lu", (unsigned long)ino);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index b1d48bc0532d222bfd50ae62aaf2302f98b73bb5..e482c78bcc862f322668a2964545a833e89ce852 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -299,10 +299,28 @@ static inline int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode)
 /* super.c */
 extern struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *);
 extern void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *);
+
 extern __printf(3, 4)
-void nilfs_error(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...);
+void __nilfs_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
+		   const char *fmt, ...);
 extern __printf(3, 4)
 void nilfs_warning(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
+
+#define nilfs_error(sb, fmt, ...)					\
+	__nilfs_error(sb, __func__, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#else
+
+#define nilfs_error(sb, fmt, ...)					\
+	do {								\
+		no_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
+		__nilfs_error(sb, "", " ");				\
+	} while (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PRINTK */
+
 extern struct nilfs_super_block *
 nilfs_read_super_block(struct super_block *, u64, int, struct buffer_head **);
 extern int nilfs_store_magic_and_option(struct super_block *,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 666107a18a22de8c5810fc7a18005fc3fc569618..7fe497eb218104898115bbc185b287935ba55ea3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -91,19 +91,21 @@ static void nilfs_set_error(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 /**
- * nilfs_error() - report failure condition on a filesystem
+ * __nilfs_error() - report failure condition on a filesystem
  *
- * nilfs_error() sets an ERROR_FS flag on the superblock as well as
- * reporting an error message.  It should be called when NILFS detects
- * incoherences or defects of meta data on disk.  As for sustainable
- * errors such as a single-shot I/O error, nilfs_warning() or the printk()
- * function should be used instead.
+ * __nilfs_error() sets an ERROR_FS flag on the superblock as well as
+ * reporting an error message.  This function should be called when
+ * NILFS detects incoherences or defects of meta data on disk.
  *
- * The segment constructor must not call this function because it can
- * kill itself.
+ * This implements the body of nilfs_error() macro.  Normally,
+ * nilfs_error() should be used.  As for sustainable errors such as a
+ * single-shot I/O error, nilfs_warning() or printk() should be used
+ * instead.
+ *
+ * Callers should not add a trailing newline since this will do it.
  */
-void nilfs_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
-		 const char *fmt, ...)
+void __nilfs_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
+		   const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct va_format vaf;