diff --git a/sbin/fsck_ffs/setup.c b/sbin/fsck_ffs/setup.c
index 66f4f59004c..0f0d9b61a07 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck_ffs/setup.c
+++ b/sbin/fsck_ffs/setup.c
@@ -219,10 +219,8 @@ openfilesys(char *dev)
 	struct stat statb;
 	int saved_fsreadfd;
 
-	if (stat(dev, &statb) < 0) {
-		pfatal("CANNOT STAT %s: %s\n", dev, strerror(errno));
+	if (stat(dev, &statb) < 0)
 		return (0);
-	}
 	if ((statb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFCHR &&
 	    (statb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFBLK) {
 		if (bkgrdflag != 0 && (statb.st_flags & SF_SNAPSHOT) == 0) {
@@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ openfilesys(char *dev)
 	saved_fsreadfd = fsreadfd;
 	if ((fsreadfd = open(dev, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
 		fsreadfd = saved_fsreadfd;
-		pfatal("CANNOT OPEN %s: %s\n", dev, strerror(errno));
 		return (0);
 	}
 	if (saved_fsreadfd != -1)