1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index c2b508e5b..e1372ead5 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -1999,10 +1999,12 @@ int mount_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         // "/" may have fsname of "/dev/root" while fstab
                         // says "/dev/something_else".
                         if (mp) {
-                                bb_error_msg("according to %s, "
-                                        "%s is already mounted on %s",
-                                        bb_path_mtab_file,
-                                        mp->mnt_fsname, mp->mnt_dir);
+                                if (verbose) {
+                                        bb_error_msg("according to %s, "
+                                                "%s is already mounted on %s",
+                                                bb_path_mtab_file,
+                                                mp->mnt_fsname, mp->mnt_dir);
+                                }
                         } else {
                                 // ...mount this thing
                                 if (singlemount(mtcur, /*ignore_busy:*/ 1)) {