diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index bcf5d040e328..9ae6e67090cd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2661,13 +2661,14 @@ retry:
 		ret = ext4_get_blocks_wrap(handle, inode, block,
 					  max_blocks, &map_bh,
 					  EXT4_CREATE_UNINITIALIZED_EXT, 0);
-		WARN_ON(ret <= 0);
 		if (ret <= 0) {
-			ext4_error(inode->i_sb, "ext4_fallocate",
-				    "ext4_ext_get_blocks returned error: "
-				    "inode#%lu, block=%u, max_blocks=%lu",
+#ifdef EXT4FS_DEBUG
+			WARN_ON(ret <= 0);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ext4_ext_get_blocks "
+				    "returned error inode#%lu, block=%u, "
+				    "max_blocks=%lu", __func__,
 				    inode->i_ino, block, max_blocks);
-			ret = -EIO;
+#endif
 			ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 			ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 			break;