diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9102ae7709d3..ec74d06fa24a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3663,6 +3663,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "mounting ext2 file system "
 				 "using the ext4 subsystem");
 		else {
+			/*
+			 * If we're probing be silent, if this looks like
+			 * it's actually an ext[34] filesystem.
+			 */
+			if (silent && ext4_feature_set_ok(sb, sb_rdonly(sb)))
+				goto failed_mount;
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "couldn't mount as ext2 due "
 				 "to feature incompatibilities");
 			goto failed_mount;
@@ -3674,6 +3680,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "mounting ext3 file system "
 				 "using the ext4 subsystem");
 		else {
+			/*
+			 * If we're probing be silent, if this looks like
+			 * it's actually an ext4 filesystem.
+			 */
+			if (silent && ext4_feature_set_ok(sb, sb_rdonly(sb)))
+				goto failed_mount;
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "couldn't mount as ext3 due "
 				 "to feature incompatibilities");
 			goto failed_mount;