diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 1916016e9fbb8f8319bea43a6cd45261fec951ca..ed095202942f7107644691f92fa863f0dff1a1ee 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3907,9 +3907,11 @@ static int btrfs_check_super_valid(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		btrfs_err(fs_info, "no valid FS found");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (btrfs_super_flags(sb) & ~BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_SUPP)
-		btrfs_warn(fs_info, "unrecognized super flag: %llu",
+	if (btrfs_super_flags(sb) & ~BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_SUPP) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info, "unrecognized or unsupported super flag: %llu",
 				btrfs_super_flags(sb) & ~BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_SUPP);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (btrfs_super_root_level(sb) >= BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL) {
 		btrfs_err(fs_info, "tree_root level too big: %d >= %d",
 				btrfs_super_root_level(sb), BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL);