diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
index 0360c015f6580b1cb5fef2667b2844381f0c8696..75ae2c508a044691d85dee5ad7f36381bd034733 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
@@ -1260,11 +1260,11 @@ static int btt_read_pg(struct btt *btt, struct bio_integrity_payload *bip,
 
 		ret = btt_data_read(arena, page, off, postmap, cur_len);
 		if (ret) {
-			int rc;
-
 			/* Media error - set the e_flag */
-			rc = btt_map_write(arena, premap, postmap, 0, 1,
-				NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC);
+			if (btt_map_write(arena, premap, postmap, 0, 1, NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC))
+				dev_warn_ratelimited(to_dev(arena),
+					"Error persistently tracking bad blocks at %#x\n",
+					premap);
 			goto out_rtt;
 		}