diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 70349954e78b3118f23c031773caf3c038f84552..736dd5842f46232180b7fb40c7800c78c9ba4ce0 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -2108,8 +2108,9 @@ static struct dentry *ubifs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	 */
 	ubi = open_ubi(name, UBI_READONLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(ubi)) {
-		pr_err("UBIFS error (pid: %d): cannot open \"%s\", error %d",
-		       current->pid, name, (int)PTR_ERR(ubi));
+		if (!(flags & MS_SILENT))
+			pr_err("UBIFS error (pid: %d): cannot open \"%s\", error %d",
+			       current->pid, name, (int)PTR_ERR(ubi));
 		return ERR_CAST(ubi);
 	}