diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index c9ee67b442e1..1afb0a10229f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int idr_callback(int id, void *p, void *data)
 	if (warned)
 		return 0;
 
-	warned = false;
+	warned = true;
 	entry = p;
 	ientry = container_of(entry, struct inotify_inode_mark_entry, fsn_entry);