diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_ctl.c
index 1738965831210f9e757980e0f60634f179334772..28b4e813915352674a1a5aaf9e722fed2259f993 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_ctl.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(iop_log, S_IRUGO, pm8001_ctl_iop_log_show, NULL);
 static ssize_t pm8001_ctl_fatal_log_show(struct device *cdev,
 	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	u32 count;
+	ssize_t count;
 
 	count = pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(cdev, attr, buf);
 	return count;
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(fatal_log, S_IRUGO, pm8001_ctl_fatal_log_show, NULL);
 static ssize_t pm8001_ctl_gsm_log_show(struct device *cdev,
 	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	u32 count;
+	ssize_t count;
 
 	count = pm8001_get_gsm_dump(cdev, SYSFS_OFFSET, buf);
 	return count;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
index 2aa068112bda1d637a9af39766c051809f5049c7..46ace52eeb2d8e38c83bc62f0bfda96a16a927c8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
@@ -5020,7 +5020,7 @@ pm8001_get_gsm_dump(struct device *cdev, u32 length, char *buf)
 	/* check max is 1 Mbytes */
 	if ((length > 0x100000) || (gsm_dump_offset & 3) ||
 		((gsm_dump_offset + length) > 0x1000000))
-			return 1;
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (pm8001_ha->chip_id == chip_8001)
 		bar = 2;
@@ -5048,12 +5048,12 @@ pm8001_get_gsm_dump(struct device *cdev, u32 length, char *buf)
 				gsm_base = GSM_BASE;
 				if (-1 == pm8001_bar4_shift(pm8001_ha,
 						(gsm_base + shift_value)))
-					return 1;
+					return -EIO;
 			} else {
 				gsm_base = 0;
 				if (-1 == pm80xx_bar4_shift(pm8001_ha,
 						(gsm_base + shift_value)))
-					return 1;
+					return -EIO;
 			}
 			gsm_dump_offset = (gsm_dump_offset + offset) &
 						0xFFFF0000;
@@ -5073,7 +5073,7 @@ pm8001_get_gsm_dump(struct device *cdev, u32 length, char *buf)
 	}
 	/* Shift back to BAR4 original address */
 	if (-1 == pm8001_bar4_shift(pm8001_ha, 0))
-			return 1;
+			return -EIO;
 	pm8001_ha->fatal_forensic_shift_offset += 1024;
 
 	if (pm8001_ha->fatal_forensic_shift_offset >= 0x100000)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
index c950dc5c99432967891c093d7bddb0bb24186e7e..9b5414249cc406f2e643194b8eb11d88df2b6330 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 	struct sas_ha_struct *sha = SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost);
 	struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha = sha->lldd_ha;
 	void __iomem *fatal_table_address = pm8001_ha->fatal_tbl_addr;
-	u32 status = 1;
 	u32 accum_len , reg_val, index, *temp;
 	unsigned long start;
 	u8 *direct_data;
@@ -111,13 +110,10 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 		direct_data = (u8 *)fatal_error_data;
 		pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_type = TYPE_NON_FATAL;
 		pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_len = SYSFS_OFFSET;
-		pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_offset = 0;
 		pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.read_len = 0;
 
 		pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_data = direct_data;
-	}
 
-	if (pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_offset == 0) {
 		/* start to get data */
 		/* Program the MEMBASE II Shifting Register with 0x00.*/
 		pm8001_cw32(pm8001_ha, 0, MEMBASE_II_SHIFT_REGISTER,
@@ -126,6 +122,7 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 		pm8001_ha->forensic_fatal_step = 0;
 		pm8001_ha->fatal_bar_loc = 0;
 	}
+
 	/* Read until accum_len is retrived */
 	accum_len = pm8001_mr32(fatal_table_address,
 				MPI_FATAL_EDUMP_TABLE_ACCUM_LEN);
@@ -135,7 +132,7 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 		PM8001_IO_DBG(pm8001_ha,
 			pm8001_printk("Possible PCI issue 0x%x not expected\n",
 				accum_len));
-		return status;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 	if (accum_len == 0 || accum_len >= 0x100000) {
 		pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_data +=
@@ -178,7 +175,6 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 			pm8001_ha->forensic_fatal_step = 1;
 			pm8001_ha->fatal_forensic_shift_offset = 0;
 			pm8001_ha->forensic_last_offset	= 0;
-			status = 0;
 			return (char *)pm8001_ha->
 				forensic_info.data_buf.direct_data -
 				(char *)buf;
@@ -194,7 +190,6 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 					forensic_info.data_buf.direct_data,
 					"%08x ", *(temp + index));
 			}
-			status = 0;
 			return (char *)pm8001_ha->
 				forensic_info.data_buf.direct_data -
 				(char *)buf;
@@ -214,7 +209,6 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 		pm8001_cw32(pm8001_ha, 0, MEMBASE_II_SHIFT_REGISTER,
 			pm8001_ha->fatal_forensic_shift_offset);
 		pm8001_ha->fatal_bar_loc = 0;
-		status = 0;
 		return (char *)pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_data -
 			(char *)buf;
 	}
@@ -239,7 +233,7 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 			PM8001_FAIL_DBG(pm8001_ha,
 			pm8001_printk("TIMEOUT:MEMBASE_II_SHIFT_REGISTER"
 			" = 0x%x\n", reg_val));
-			return -1;
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 
 		/* Read the next 64K of the debug data. */
@@ -259,7 +253,6 @@ ssize_t pm80xx_get_fatal_dump(struct device *cdev,
 			pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_len =  0;
 			pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.direct_offset = 0;
 			pm8001_ha->forensic_info.data_buf.read_len = 0;
-			status = 0;
 		}
 	}