diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index b265ab53c4d..496176116b4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -2348,21 +2348,23 @@ func hasHostPortConflicts(pods []*api.Pod) bool {
 
 // handleOutOfDisk detects if pods can't fit due to lack of disk space.
 func (kl *Kubelet) isOutOfDisk() bool {
-	outOfDockerDisk := false
-	outOfRootDisk := false
 	// Check disk space once globally and reject or accept all new pods.
 	withinBounds, err := kl.diskSpaceManager.IsRuntimeDiskSpaceAvailable()
 	// Assume enough space in case of errors.
-	if err == nil && !withinBounds {
-		outOfDockerDisk = true
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to check if disk space is available for the runtime: %v", err)
+	} else if !withinBounds {
+		return true
 	}
 
 	withinBounds, err = kl.diskSpaceManager.IsRootDiskSpaceAvailable()
 	// Assume enough space in case of errors.
-	if err == nil && !withinBounds {
-		outOfRootDisk = true
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to check if disk space is available on the root partition: %v", err)
+	} else if !withinBounds {
+		return true
 	}
-	return outOfDockerDisk || outOfRootDisk
+	return false
 }
 
 // matchesNodeSelector returns true if pod matches node's labels.