@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func determineDefaultFS() string {

 	return "ext4"

 }

-func (devices *DeviceSet) createFilesystem(info *devInfo) error {

+func (devices *DeviceSet) createFilesystem(info *devInfo) (err error) {

 	devname := info.DevName()

 	args := []string{}

@@ -584,12 +584,19 @@ func (devices *DeviceSet) createFilesystem(info *devInfo) error {

 	args = append(args, devname)

-	var err error

-

 	if devices.filesystem == "" {

 		devices.filesystem = determineDefaultFS()

 	}

+	logrus.Infof("devmapper: Creating filesystem %s on device %s", devices.filesystem, info.Name())

+	defer func() {

+		if err != nil {

+			logrus.Infof("devmapper: Error while creating filesystem %s on device %s: %v", devices.filesystem, info.Name(), err)

+		} else {

+			logrus.Infof("devmapper: Successfully created filesystem %s on device %s", devices.filesystem, info.Name())

+		}

+	}()

+

 	switch devices.filesystem {

 	case "xfs":

 		err = exec.Command("mkfs.xfs", args...).Run()

@@ -605,11 +612,7 @@ func (devices *DeviceSet) createFilesystem(info *devInfo) error {

 	default:

 		err = fmt.Errorf("Unsupported filesystem type %s", devices.filesystem)

 	}

-	if err != nil {

-		return err

-	}

-

-	return nil

+	return

 }

 func (devices *DeviceSet) migrateOldMetaData() error {