diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 3a13b7b246163d8cab8b80605f59effcf39f6d51..9d1da40c1f62bc26a2c029d5904490f6a654cad1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3662,6 +3662,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "mounting ext2 file system "
 				 "using the ext4 subsystem");
 		else {
+			/*
+			 * If we're probing be silent, if this looks like
+			 * it's actually an ext[34] filesystem.
+			 */
+			if (silent && ext4_feature_set_ok(sb, sb_rdonly(sb)))
+				goto failed_mount;
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "couldn't mount as ext2 due "
 				 "to feature incompatibilities");
 			goto failed_mount;
@@ -3673,6 +3679,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "mounting ext3 file system "
 				 "using the ext4 subsystem");
 		else {
+			/*
+			 * If we're probing be silent, if this looks like
+			 * it's actually an ext4 filesystem.
+			 */
+			if (silent && ext4_feature_set_ok(sb, sb_rdonly(sb)))
+				goto failed_mount;
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "couldn't mount as ext3 due "
 				 "to feature incompatibilities");
 			goto failed_mount;