Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Storage/VD.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Storage/VD.cpp	(revision 54742)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Storage/VD.cpp	(revision 54743)
@@ -6780,12 +6780,6 @@
         rc = pFilter->pBackend->pfnCreate(pDisk->pVDIfsDisk, pFilter->pVDIfsFilter,
                                           &pFilter->pvBackendData);
-
-        /* If the open in read-write mode failed, retry in read-only mode. */
         if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
-        {
-            rc = vdError(pDisk, rc, RT_SRC_POS,
-                         N_("VD: error %Rrc creating filter '%s'"), rc, pszFilter);
             break;
-        }
 
         /* Lock disk for writing, as we modify pDisk information below. */