diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 524b349c6299..a8d80a7f1105 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -543,6 +543,19 @@ static inline void ext3_show_quota_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct super_bl
 #endif
 }
 
+static char *data_mode_string(unsigned long mode)
+{
+	switch (mode) {
+	case EXT3_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA:
+		return "journal";
+	case EXT3_MOUNT_ORDERED_DATA:
+		return "ordered";
+	case EXT3_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA:
+		return "writeback";
+	}
+	return "unknown";
+}
+
 /*
  * Show an option if
  *  - it's set to a non-default value OR
@@ -616,13 +629,8 @@ static int ext3_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 	if (test_opt(sb, NOBH))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",nobh");
 
-	if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA)
-		seq_puts(seq, ",data=journal");
-	else if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_ORDERED_DATA)
-		seq_puts(seq, ",data=ordered");
-	else if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)
-		seq_puts(seq, ",data=writeback");
-
+	seq_printf(seq, ",data=%s", data_mode_string(sbi->s_mount_opt &
+						     EXT3_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS));
 	if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",data_err=abort");
 
@@ -1024,12 +1032,18 @@ static int parse_options (char *options, struct super_block *sb,
 		datacheck:
 			if (is_remount) {
 				if ((sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT3_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS)
-						!= data_opt) {
-					printk(KERN_ERR
-						"EXT3-fs: cannot change data "
-						"mode on remount\n");
-					return 0;
-				}
+						== data_opt)
+					break;
+				printk(KERN_ERR
+					"EXT3-fs (device %s): Cannot change "
+					"data mode on remount. The filesystem "
+					"is mounted in data=%s mode and you "
+					"try to remount it in data=%s mode.\n",
+					sb->s_id,
+					data_mode_string(sbi->s_mount_opt &
+							EXT3_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS),
+					data_mode_string(data_opt));
+				return 0;
 			} else {
 				sbi->s_mount_opt &= ~EXT3_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS;
 				sbi->s_mount_opt |= data_opt;