}
 
        /*
-        * We always update the parent overlap.  If it's zero we
-        * treat it specially.
+        * We always update the parent overlap.  If it's zero we issue
+        * a warning, as we will proceed as if there was no parent.
         */
-       rbd_dev->parent_overlap = overlap;
        if (!overlap) {
-
-               /* A null parent_spec indicates it's the initial probe */
-
                if (parent_spec) {
-                       /*
-                        * The overlap has become zero, so the clone
-                        * must have been resized down to 0 at some
-                        * point.  Treat this the same as a flatten.
-                        */
-                       rbd_dev_parent_put(rbd_dev);
-                       pr_info("%s: clone image now standalone\n",
-                               rbd_dev->disk->disk_name);
+                       /* refresh, careful to warn just once */
+                       if (rbd_dev->parent_overlap)
+                               rbd_warn(rbd_dev,
+                                   "clone now standalone (overlap became 0)");
                } else {
-                       /*
-                        * For the initial probe, if we find the
-                        * overlap is zero we just pretend there was
-                        * no parent image.
-                        */
-                       rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "ignoring parent with overlap 0");
+                       /* initial probe */
+                       rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "clone is standalone (overlap 0)");
                }
        }
+       rbd_dev->parent_overlap = overlap;
+
 out:
        ret = 0;
 out_err: