diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/nvme/libnvme/nvme_ctrlr.c b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/nvme/libnvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
index 81a31e48fd..cdaa3b7b6c 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/nvme/libnvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/disk/nvme/libnvme/nvme_ctrlr.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int nvme_ctrlr_start(struct nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (nvme_ctrlr_configure_aer(ctrlr) != 0)
-		return -1;
+		nvme_warning("controller does not support AER!\n");
 
 	nvme_ctrlr_set_supported_log_pages(ctrlr);
 	nvme_ctrlr_set_supported_features(ctrlr);