1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 98cad57cda..6925e57d7c 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -6128,16 +6128,8 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
         bs = bdrv_open(full_backing, NULL, backing_options, back_flags,
                        &local_err);
         g_free(full_backing);
-        if (!bs && size != -1) {
-            /* Couldn't open BS, but we have a size, so it's nonfatal */
-            warn_reportf_err(local_err,
-                            "Could not verify backing image. "
-                            "This may become an error in future versions.\n");
-            local_err = NULL;
-        } else if (!bs) {
-            /* Couldn't open bs, do not have size */
-            error_append_hint(&local_err,
-                              "Could not open backing image to determine size.\n");
+        if (!bs) {
+            error_append_hint(&local_err, "Could not open backing image.\n");
             goto out;
         } else {
             if (size == -1) {