diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index a4fb7038318817d02b6d39f83c5ccf8e004408dd..f1b9dd7d47d62c00868acdba0927d68a0c8777e0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ static int pkt_generic_packet(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, struct packet_command *
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	blk_execute_rq(rq->q, pd->bdev->bd_disk, rq, 0);
-	ret = rq->errors;
+	if (rq->errors)
+		ret = -EIO;
 out:
 	blk_put_request(rq);
 	return ret;