1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.c b/block/partitions/efi.c
index 1eb09ee5311b..a8287b49d062 100644
--- a/block/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/block/partitions/efi.c
@@ -222,11 +222,16 @@ check_hybrid:
          * the disk size.
          *
          * Hybrid MBRs do not necessarily comply with this.
+         *
+         * Consider a bad value here to be a warning to support dd'ing
+         * an image from a smaller disk to a larger disk.
          */
         if (ret == GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE) {
                 sz = le32_to_cpu(mbr->partition_record[part].size_in_lba);
                 if (sz != (uint32_t) total_sectors - 1 && sz != 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                        ret = 0;
+                        pr_debug("GPT: mbr size in lba (%u) different than whole disk (%u).\n",
+                                 sz, min_t(uint32_t,
+                                           total_sectors - 1, 0xFFFFFFFF));
         }
 done:
         return ret;