diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 8f32f3cd0edebb94bf6a9be98a31b89303b3b218..8bf3cf5230092995fcc1fedbd714b83b2eddc134 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -698,9 +698,11 @@ static bool blk_add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev,
 
 	part = add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags,
 			     &state->parts[p].info);
-	if (IS_ERR(part) && PTR_ERR(part) != -ENXIO) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %ld\n",
-		       disk->disk_name, p, -PTR_ERR(part));
+	if (IS_ERR(part)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(part) != -ENXIO) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %ld\n",
+			       disk->disk_name, p, -PTR_ERR(part));
+		}
 		return true;
 	}