diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 0a78dae7e2cb..1dd62ed35b85 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -898,7 +898,8 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		brelse(bh);
 
 		if (!sb_set_blocksize(sb, blocksize)) {
-			ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: blocksize is too small");
+			ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+				"error: bad blocksize %d", blocksize);
 			goto failed_sbi;
 		}