diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 37dc97af1487..699ec1198409 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -517,12 +517,10 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 		d_add(direntry, NULL);
 	/*	if it was once a directory (but how can we tell?) we could do
 		shrink_dcache_parent(direntry); */
-	} else {
-		cERROR(1, ("Error 0x%x on cifs_get_inode_info in lookup of %s",
-			   rc, full_path));
-		/* BB special case check for Access Denied - watch security
-		exposure of returning dir info implicitly via different rc
-		if file exists or not but no access BB */
+	} else if (rc != -EACCES) {
+		cERROR(1, ("Unexpected lookup error %d", rc));
+		/* We special case check for Access Denied - since that
+		is a common return code */
 	}
 
 	kfree(full_path);