diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index af16d5bf..54f47ab5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (23.10.31) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * blkid is unreliable in mount_image(), but this blkid call is only here
+    for debugging, so ignore any failures (even if we don't understand
+    them).  LP: #2034299.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:29:24 -0700
+
 livecd-rootfs (23.10.30) mantic; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix unminimize to correctly list packages. (LP: #1996489)
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 4a97e9c2..84e062c9 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ mount_image() {
 
     # Add some information to the debug logs
     echo "Mounted disk image ${backing_img} to ${rootfs_dev_mapper}"
-    blkid ${rootfs_dev_mapper}
+    blkid ${rootfs_dev_mapper} \
+    || echo "blkid failed; continuing"
 
     return 0
 }