diff --git a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
index f7835edd98..4f48d2bc71 100644
--- a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Ceph Client
 name: ceph-client
-version: 0.1.45
+version: 0.1.46
 home: https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client
 ...
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
index 3babe9297e..07ac4726e2 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ function create_pool () {
     ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool application enable "${POOL_NAME}" "${POOL_APPLICATION}"
   fi
 
-  pool_values=$(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool get "${POOL_NAME}" all -f json)
+  # 'tr' and 'awk' are needed here to strip off text that is echoed before the JSON string.
+  # In some cases, errors/warnings are written to stdout and the JSON doesn't parse correctly.
+  pool_values=$(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool get "${POOL_NAME}" all -f json | tr -d '\n' | awk -F{ '{print "{" $2}')
 
   if [[ $(ceph mgr versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -ge 14 ]]; then
     if [[ "${ENABLE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
index 4a2c885fe5..26da7f164d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ ceph-client:
   - 0 1.43 Document the use of mon_allow_pool_size_one
   - 0.1.44 Allow pg_num_min to be overridden per pool
   - 0.1.45 Update Ceph to 17.2.6
+  - 0.1.46 Strip any errors preceding pool properties JSON
 ...