diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/partitioning_systems/intel/intel.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/partitioning_systems/intel/intel.cpp
index 3628ca41a6..6c2d33e935 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/partitioning_systems/intel/intel.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/partitioning_systems/intel/intel.cpp
@@ -164,9 +164,12 @@ pm_identify_partition(int fd, partition_data *partition, void **cookie)
 	if (hasChildren)
 		return 0.4;
 
-	// No children. Extremely unlikely, that this is a desired. But if no one
-	// else claims the partition, we take it anyway.
-	return 0.1;
+	// No children but a parent. Extremely unlikely that this is desired.
+	// Just indicate that we don't support this partition, it's probably a
+	// filesystem and not a partition at all.
+	*cookie = NULL;
+	delete map;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 // pm_scan_partition