diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 619b998e9a1eb6d7a6f8f27d19ec1cce25bec169..9272f614d985ba803a46e3c44dfa0a5fcd96a5da 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 */ 
 	blocksize = sb_min_blocksize(sb, 1024);
 	if (!blocksize) {
-		befs_error(sb, "unable to set blocksize");
+		if (!silent)
+			befs_error(sb, "unable to set blocksize");
 		goto unacquire_priv_sbp;
 	}