diff --git a/scripts/fsadm.sh b/scripts/fsadm.sh
index 20ae57462..3e1f3d405 100755
--- a/scripts/fsadm.sh
+++ b/scripts/fsadm.sh
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ detect_fs() {
 	esac
 	# use null device as cache file to be sure about the result
 	# not using option '-o value' to be compatible with older version of blkid
-	FSTYPE=$("$BLKID" -c "$NULL" -s TYPE "$VOLUME")
+	FSTYPE=$("$BLKID" -c "$NULL" -s TYPE "$VOLUME" || true)
 	test -n "$FSTYPE" || error "Cannot get FSTYPE of \"$VOLUME\"."
 	FSTYPE=${FSTYPE##*TYPE=\"} # cut quotation marks
 	FSTYPE=${FSTYPE%%\"*}