diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index f2cd3bf9efb2f6b2dff8b44c44592355e2b44a6e..25e36fbd7bc37afd6020a091bbda6cd23d112e96 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -972,7 +972,8 @@ int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 	ret = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+		if (ret != -ENOENT)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 28dd757ff67dfee2c480aa334f643f508318705f..1fff0c02d98b09f17d03c56c9d940c08937f5b99 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), blkno, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to create inode %llu\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)blkno);
 		ret = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 		goto bail_unlock;
 	}