diff --git a/block/partitions/check.c b/block/partitions/check.c
index 9ac1df74f69940c068333537e082299955a4a90b..16118d11dbfc002cdc11463c3ee4024685615420 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.c
+++ b/block/partitions/check.c
@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (err)
 	/* The partition is unrecognized. So report I/O errors if there were any */
 		res = err;
-	if (!res)
-		strlcat(state->pp_buf, " unknown partition table\n", PAGE_SIZE);
-	else if (warn_no_part)
-		strlcat(state->pp_buf, " unable to read partition table\n", PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	printk(KERN_INFO "%s", state->pp_buf);
+	if (res) {
+		if (warn_no_part)
+			strlcat(state->pp_buf,
+				" unable to read partition table\n", PAGE_SIZE);
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s", state->pp_buf);
+	}
 
 	free_page((unsigned long)state->pp_buf);
 	free_partitions(state);