diff --git a/init/init_first_stage.cpp b/init/init_first_stage.cpp
index 0f4cc68a2..45d3d4499 100644
--- a/init/init_first_stage.cpp
+++ b/init/init_first_stage.cpp
@@ -119,10 +119,7 @@ static bool inline IsRecoveryMode() {
 FirstStageMount::FirstStageMount()
     : need_dm_verity_(false), device_tree_fstab_(fs_mgr_read_fstab_dt(), fs_mgr_free_fstab) {
     if (!device_tree_fstab_) {
-        // The client of FirstStageMount should check the existence of fstab in device-tree
-        // in advance, without parsing it. Reaching here means there is a FATAL error when
-        // parsing the fstab. So stop here to expose the failure.
-        LOG(FATAL) << "Failed to read fstab from device tree";
+        LOG(INFO) << "Failed to read fstab from device tree";
         return;
     }
     // Stores device_tree_fstab_->recs[] into mount_fstab_recs_ (vector<fstab_rec*>)