diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 92a9ce0a9e85..c4606987e9d1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ static void rbd_dev_remove_parent(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev);
 static int rbd_dev_refresh(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev);
 static int rbd_dev_v2_header_onetime(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev);
 static int rbd_dev_header_info(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev);
+static int rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev);
 static const char *rbd_dev_v2_snap_name(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev,
 					u64 snap_id);
 static int _rbd_dev_v2_snap_size(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, u64 snap_id,
@@ -3516,6 +3517,16 @@ static int rbd_dev_refresh(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * If there is a parent, see if it has disappeared due to the
+	 * mapped image getting flattened.
+	 */
+	if (rbd_dev->parent) {
+		ret = rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(rbd_dev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	if (rbd_dev->spec->snap_id == CEPH_NOSNAP) {
 		if (rbd_dev->mapping.size != rbd_dev->header.image_size)
 			rbd_dev->mapping.size = rbd_dev->header.image_size;
@@ -3526,9 +3537,8 @@ static int rbd_dev_refresh(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 
 	up_write(&rbd_dev->header_rwsem);
 
-	if (mapping_size != rbd_dev->mapping.size) {
+	if (mapping_size != rbd_dev->mapping.size)
 		rbd_dev_update_size(rbd_dev);
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4479,33 +4489,6 @@ static int rbd_dev_v2_header_info(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If the image supports layering, get the parent info.  We
-	 * need to probe the first time regardless.  Thereafter we
-	 * only need to if there's a parent, to see if it has
-	 * disappeared due to the mapped image getting flattened.
-	 */
-	if (rbd_dev->header.features & RBD_FEATURE_LAYERING &&
-			(first_time || rbd_dev->parent_spec)) {
-		bool warn;
-
-		ret = rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(rbd_dev);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		/*
-		 * Print a warning if this is the initial probe and
-		 * the image has a parent.  Don't print it if the
-		 * image now being probed is itself a parent.  We
-		 * can tell at this point because we won't know its
-		 * pool name yet (just its pool id).
-		 */
-		warn = rbd_dev->parent_spec && rbd_dev->spec->pool_name;
-		if (first_time && warn)
-			rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "WARNING: kernel layering "
-					"is EXPERIMENTAL!");
-	}
-
 	ret = rbd_dev_v2_snap_context(rbd_dev);
 	dout("rbd_dev_v2_snap_context returned %d\n", ret);
 
@@ -5185,14 +5168,28 @@ static int rbd_dev_image_probe(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, bool mapping)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_out_probe;
 
+	if (rbd_dev->header.features & RBD_FEATURE_LAYERING) {
+		ret = rbd_dev_v2_parent_info(rbd_dev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_out_probe;
+
+		/*
+		 * Need to warn users if this image is the one being
+		 * mapped and has a parent.
+		 */
+		if (mapping && rbd_dev->parent_spec)
+			rbd_warn(rbd_dev,
+				 "WARNING: kernel layering is EXPERIMENTAL!");
+	}
+
 	ret = rbd_dev_probe_parent(rbd_dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_out_probe;
 
 	dout("discovered format %u image, header name is %s\n",
 		rbd_dev->image_format, rbd_dev->header_name);
-
 	return 0;
+
 err_out_probe:
 	rbd_dev_unprobe(rbd_dev);
 err_out_watch:
@@ -5205,9 +5202,6 @@ err_out_format:
 	rbd_dev->image_format = 0;
 	kfree(rbd_dev->spec->image_id);
 	rbd_dev->spec->image_id = NULL;
-
-	dout("probe failed, returning %d\n", ret);
-
 	return ret;
 }