u32 snap_count = le32_to_cpu(ondisk->snap_count);
        int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
+       if (memcmp(ondisk, RBD_HEADER_TEXT, sizeof(RBD_HEADER_TEXT))) {
+               return -ENXIO;
+       }
+
        init_rwsem(&header->snap_rwsem);
        header->snap_names_len = le64_to_cpu(ondisk->snap_names_len);
        header->snapc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ceph_snap_context) +
                        goto out_dh;
 
                rc = rbd_header_from_disk(header, dh, snap_count, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (rc < 0)
+               if (rc < 0) {
+                       if (rc == -ENXIO) {
+                               pr_warning("unrecognized header format"
+                                          " for image %s", rbd_dev->obj);
+                       }
                        goto out_dh;
+               }
 
                if (snap_count != header->total_snaps) {
                        snap_count = header->total_snaps;