diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/deviceset.go b/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/deviceset.go
index 4d35adabc0..7e0a13a952 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/deviceset.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/devmapper/deviceset.go
@@ -963,9 +963,9 @@ func (devices *DeviceSet) initDevmapper(doInit bool) error {
 
 	// https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/4036
 	if supported := devicemapper.UdevSetSyncSupport(true); !supported {
-		logrus.Warnf("Udev sync is not supported. This will lead to unexpected behavior, data loss and errors")
+		logrus.Errorf("Udev sync is not supported. This will lead to unexpected behavior, data loss and errors")
+		return graphdriver.ErrNotSupported
 	}
-	logrus.Debugf("devicemapper: udev sync support: %v", devicemapper.UdevSyncSupported())
 
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(devices.metadataDir(), 0700); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
 		return err