diff --git a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
index ea005468..9367b56a 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
@@ -3302,10 +3302,9 @@ int ntfs_attr_record_move_to(ntfs_attr_search_ctx *ctx, ntfs_inode *ni)
 	/* Find place in MFT record where attribute will be moved. */
 	a = ctx->attr;
 	nctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(ni, NULL);
-	if (!nctx) {
-		ntfs_log_trace("Couldn't obtain search context.\n");
+	if (!nctx)
 		return -1;
-	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Use ntfs_attr_find instead of ntfs_attr_lookup to find place for
 	 * attribute in @ni->mrec, not any extent inode in case if @ni is base
@@ -4160,10 +4159,8 @@ retry:
 		base_ni = na->ni;
 
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(base_ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_trace("Couldn't get search context.\n");
+	if (!ctx)
 		return -1;
-	}
 
 	/* Fill attribute records with new mapping pairs. */
 	stop_vcn = 0;
@@ -4524,10 +4521,9 @@ static int ntfs_non_resident_attr_shrink(ntfs_attr *na, const s64 newsize)
 
 	/* Get the first attribute record. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(na->ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_trace("Couldn't get attribute search context.\n");
+	if (!ctx)
 		return -1;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(na->type, na->name, na->name_len, CASE_SENSITIVE,
 			0, NULL, 0, ctx)) {
 		err = errno;
@@ -4709,7 +4705,6 @@ static int ntfs_non_resident_attr_expand(ntfs_attr *na, const s64 newsize)
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(na->ni, NULL);
 	if (!ctx) {
 		err = errno;
-		ntfs_log_perror("Failed to get search context");
 		if (na->allocated_size == org_alloc_size) {
 			errno = err;
 			return -1;
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/attrlist.c b/libntfs-3g/attrlist.c
index 33cb3e27..9c62f316 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/attrlist.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/attrlist.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ int ntfs_attrlist_entry_add(ntfs_inode *ni, ATTR_RECORD *attr)
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(ni, NULL);
 	if (!ctx) {
 		err = errno;
-		ntfs_log_trace("Failed to obtain attribute search context.\n");
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 	if (!ntfs_attr_lookup(attr->type, (attr->name_length) ? (ntfschar*)
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/index.c b/libntfs-3g/index.c
index 383d27fb..227ce53a 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/index.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/index.c
@@ -433,10 +433,8 @@ static INDEX_ROOT *ntfs_ir_lookup(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfschar *name,
 	ntfs_log_trace("Entering\n");
 	
 	*ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(ni, NULL);
-	if (!*ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_perror("Failed to get $INDEX_ROOT search context");
+	if (!*ctx)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(AT_INDEX_ROOT, name, name_len, CASE_SENSITIVE, 
 			     0, NULL, 0, *ctx)) {
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/inode.c b/libntfs-3g/inode.c
index fee01873..7bf90348 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/inode.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/inode.c
@@ -814,7 +814,6 @@ int ntfs_inode_add_attrlist(ntfs_inode *ni)
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(ni, NULL);
 	if (!ctx) {
 		err = errno;
-		ntfs_log_trace("Couldn't get search context.\n");
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 	/* Walk through all attributes. */
@@ -997,12 +996,8 @@ int ntfs_inode_free_space(ntfs_inode *ni, int size)
 		return 0;
 
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		err = errno;
-		ntfs_log_trace("Failed to get attribute search context.\n");
-		errno = err;
+	if (!ctx)
 		return -1;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Chkdsk complain if $STANDARD_INFORMATION is not in the base MFT
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/mft.c b/libntfs-3g/mft.c
index d9cc3bc9..900a284b 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/mft.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/mft.c
@@ -656,10 +656,9 @@ static int ntfs_mft_bitmap_extend_allocation(ntfs_volume *vol)
 	 * (non-terminator) runlist element of mft bitmap.
 	 */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(mftbmp_na->ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_error("Failed to get search context.\n");
+	if (!ctx)
 		goto undo_alloc;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(mftbmp_na->type, mftbmp_na->name,
 			mftbmp_na->name_len, 0, rl[1].vcn, NULL, 0, ctx)) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Failed to find last attribute extent of "
@@ -808,10 +807,9 @@ static int ntfs_mft_bitmap_extend_initialized(ntfs_volume *vol)
 
 	mftbmp_na = vol->mftbmp_na;
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(mftbmp_na->ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_error("Failed to get search context.\n");
+	if (!ctx)
 		return -1;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(mftbmp_na->type, mftbmp_na->name,
 			mftbmp_na->name_len, 0, 0, NULL, 0, ctx)) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Failed to find first attribute extent of "
@@ -844,10 +842,9 @@ static int ntfs_mft_bitmap_extend_initialized(ntfs_volume *vol)
 		err = EIO;
 	/* Try to recover from the error. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(mftbmp_na->ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_error("Failed to get search context.%s\n", es);
+	if (!ctx)
 		goto err_out;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(mftbmp_na->type, mftbmp_na->name,
 			mftbmp_na->name_len, 0, 0, NULL, 0, ctx)) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Failed to find first attribute extent of "
@@ -969,10 +966,9 @@ static int ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation(ntfs_volume *vol)
 		;
 	/* Update the attribute record as well. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(mft_na->ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_error("Failed to get search context.\n");
+	if (!ctx)
 		goto undo_alloc;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(mft_na->type, mft_na->name, mft_na->name_len, 0,
 			rl[1].vcn, NULL, 0, ctx)) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Failed to find last attribute extent of "
@@ -1159,10 +1155,9 @@ static int ntfs_mft_record_init(ntfs_volume *vol, s64 size)
 	
 	/* Update the mft data attribute record to reflect the new sizes. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(mft_na->ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_error("Failed to get search context.\n");
+	if (!ctx)
 		goto undo_data_init;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(mft_na->type, mft_na->name, mft_na->name_len, 0,
 			0, NULL, 0, ctx)) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Failed to find first attribute extent of "
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/volume.c b/libntfs-3g/volume.c
index b2f30c4b..d8f9c9bd 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/volume.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/volume.c
@@ -219,10 +219,9 @@ static int ntfs_mft_load(ntfs_volume *vol)
 		goto io_error_exit;
 	}
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(vol->mft_ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_perror("Failed to allocate attribute search context");
+	if (!ctx)
 		goto error_exit;
-	}
+
 	if (p2n(ctx->attr) < p2n(mb) ||
 			(char*)ctx->attr > (char*)mb + vol->mft_record_size) {
 		ntfs_log_error("$MFT is corrupt.\n");
@@ -964,11 +963,9 @@ ntfs_volume *ntfs_device_mount(struct ntfs_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	}
 	/* Get a search context for the $Volume/$VOLUME_INFORMATION lookup. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(vol->vol_ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_debug(FAILED);
-		ntfs_log_perror("Failed to allocate attribute search context");
+	if (!ctx)
 		goto error_exit;
-	}
+
 	/* Find the $VOLUME_INFORMATION attribute. */
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(AT_VOLUME_INFORMATION, AT_UNNAMED, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
 			0, ctx)) {
@@ -1461,10 +1458,9 @@ int ntfs_volume_write_flags(ntfs_volume *vol, const u16 flags)
 	}
 	/* Get a pointer to the volume information attribute. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(vol->vol_ni, NULL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		ntfs_log_perror("Failed to allocate attribute search context");
+	if (!ctx)
 		return -1;
-	}
+
 	if (ntfs_attr_lookup(AT_VOLUME_INFORMATION, AT_UNNAMED, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
 			0, ctx)) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Attribute $VOLUME_INFORMATION was not found "