*
  * Returns: 0 if the journal is clean or locked, else an error
  */
-int check_journal_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_jdesc *jd)
+int check_journal_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
+                       bool verbose)
 {
        int error;
        struct gfs2_holder j_gh;
        error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_NOEXP |
                                   GL_EXACT | GL_NOCACHE, &j_gh);
        if (error) {
-               fs_err(sdp, "Error locking journal for spectator mount.\n");
+               if (verbose)
+                       fs_err(sdp, "Error %d locking journal for spectator "
+                              "mount.\n", error);
                return -EPERM;
        }
        error = gfs2_jdesc_check(jd);
        if (error) {
-               fs_err(sdp, "Error checking journal for spectator mount.\n");
+               if (verbose)
+                       fs_err(sdp, "Error checking journal for spectator "
+                              "mount.\n");
                goto out_unlock;
        }
        error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &head, false);
        if (error) {
-               fs_err(sdp, "Error parsing journal for spectator mount.\n");
+               if (verbose)
+                       fs_err(sdp, "Error parsing journal for spectator "
+                              "mount.\n");
                goto out_unlock;
        }
        if (!(head.lh_flags & GFS2_LOG_HEAD_UNMOUNT)) {
                error = -EPERM;
-               fs_err(sdp, "jid=%u: Journal is dirty, so the first mounter "
-                      "must not be a spectator.\n", jd->jd_jid);
+               if (verbose)
+                       fs_err(sdp, "jid=%u: Journal is dirty, so the first "
+                              "mounter must not be a spectator.\n",
+                              jd->jd_jid);
        }
 
 out_unlock:
         * Now wait until recovery is complete.
         */
        for (tries = 0; tries < 10; tries++) {
-               ret = check_journal_clean(sdp, sdp->sd_jdesc);
+               ret = check_journal_clean(sdp, sdp->sd_jdesc, false);
                if (!ret)
                        break;
                msleep(HZ);
 
 
 int gfs2_io_error_i(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *function,
                    char *file, unsigned int line);
-int check_journal_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_jdesc *jd);
+
+extern int check_journal_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
+                              bool verbose);
 
 #define gfs2_io_error(sdp) \
 gfs2_io_error_i((sdp), __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__);