diff --git a/snapshots/devmapper/snapshotter.go b/snapshots/devmapper/snapshotter.go
index c244cf8e6..c6ed8340b 100644
--- a/snapshots/devmapper/snapshotter.go
+++ b/snapshots/devmapper/snapshotter.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
@@ -306,7 +307,11 @@ func (s *Snapshotter) removeDevice(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	if !s.config.AsyncRemove {
 		if err := s.pool.RemoveDevice(ctx, deviceName); err != nil {
 			log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Errorf("failed to remove device")
-			return err
+			// Tell snapshot GC continue to collect other snapshots.
+			// Otherwise, one snapshot collection failure will stop
+			// the GC, and all snapshots won't be collected even though
+			// having no relationship with the failed one.
+			return errdefs.ErrFailedPrecondition
 		}
 	} else {
 		// The asynchronous cleanup will do the real device remove work.