diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 58d56f5d..c6022fc0 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -597,13 +597,16 @@ int btrfs_prepare_device(int fd, char *file, int zero_end, u64 *block_count_ret,
 	}
 
 	if (discard) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Performing full device TRIM (%s) ...\n",
-				pretty_size(block_count));
 		/*
-		 * We intentionally ignore errors from the discard ioctl.  It is
-		 * not necessary for the mkfs functionality but just an optimization.
+		 * We intentionally ignore errors from the discard ioctl.  It
+		 * is not necessary for the mkfs functionality but just an
+		 * optimization.
 		 */
-		discard_blocks(fd, 0, block_count);
+		if (discard_blocks(fd, 0, 0) == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Performing full device TRIM (%s) ...\n",
+				pretty_size(block_count));
+			discard_blocks(fd, 0, block_count);
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = zero_dev_start(fd);