diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index f84a9b7..ee33590 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2155,11 +2155,12 @@
 	if (part->policy && op_is_write(bio_op(bio))) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		printk(KERN_ERR
+		WARN_ONCE(1,
 		       "generic_make_request: Trying to write "
 			"to read-only block-device %s (partno %d)\n",
 			bio_devname(bio, b), part->partno);
-		return true;
+		/* Older lvm-tools actually trigger this */
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	return false;