diff --git a/fs/ubifs/scan.c b/fs/ubifs/scan.c
index 892ebfe..96c5253 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/scan.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/scan.c
@@ -108,10 +108,9 @@
 
 		/* Make the node pads to 8-byte boundary */
 		if ((node_len + pad_len) & 7) {
-			if (!quiet) {
+			if (!quiet)
 				dbg_err("bad padding length %d - %d",
 					offs, offs + node_len + pad_len);
-			}
 			return SCANNED_A_BAD_PAD_NODE;
 		}
 
@@ -253,15 +252,19 @@
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  * @lnum: logical eraseblock number
  * @offs: offset to start at (usually zero)
- * @sbuf: scan buffer (must be c->leb_size)
+ * @sbuf: scan buffer (must be of @c->leb_size bytes in size)
+ * @quiet: print no messages
  *
  * This function scans LEB number @lnum and returns complete information about
  * its contents. Returns the scaned information in case of success and,
  * %-EUCLEAN if the LEB neads recovery, and other negative error codes in case
  * of failure.
+ *
+ * If @quiet is non-zero, this function does not print large and scary
+ * error messages and flash dumps in case of errors.
  */
 struct ubifs_scan_leb *ubifs_scan(const struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum,
-				  int offs, void *sbuf)
+				  int offs, void *sbuf, int quiet)
 {
 	void *buf = sbuf + offs;
 	int err, len = c->leb_size - offs;
@@ -280,7 +283,7 @@
 
 		cond_resched();
 
-		ret = ubifs_scan_a_node(c, buf, len, lnum, offs, 0);
+		ret = ubifs_scan_a_node(c, buf, len, lnum, offs, quiet);
 		if (ret > 0) {
 			/* Padding bytes or a valid padding node */
 			offs += ret;
@@ -320,7 +323,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (offs % c->min_io_size) {
-		ubifs_err("empty space starts at non-aligned offset %d", offs);
+		if (!quiet)
+			ubifs_err("empty space starts at non-aligned offset %d",
+				  offs);
 		goto corrupted;;
 	}
 
@@ -331,18 +336,25 @@
 			break;
 	for (; len; offs++, buf++, len--)
 		if (*(uint8_t *)buf != 0xff) {
-			ubifs_err("corrupt empty space at LEB %d:%d",
-				  lnum, offs);
+			if (!quiet)
+				ubifs_err("corrupt empty space at LEB %d:%d",
+					  lnum, offs);
 			goto corrupted;
 		}
 
 	return sleb;
 
 corrupted:
-	ubifs_scanned_corruption(c, lnum, offs, buf);
+	if (!quiet) {
+		ubifs_scanned_corruption(c, lnum, offs, buf);
+		ubifs_err("LEB %d scanning failed", lnum);
+	}
 	err = -EUCLEAN;
+	ubifs_scan_destroy(sleb);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+
 error:
-	ubifs_err("LEB %d scanning failed", lnum);
+	ubifs_err("LEB %d scanning failed, error %d", lnum, err);
 	ubifs_scan_destroy(sleb);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }