diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 8e0bddf0fa514729c095800a15fd0d1b20dd1821..7e1fd93a5634bdbbac9f1fe7c4e14b6015abe6dd 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -705,9 +705,11 @@ 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;
 	}