diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index d70cdea756d1a0c5afd4ce3ea8fa20b8b9e63e90..74e748662ec017027b1eac053fa7618948c90a36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -8097,6 +8097,8 @@ static int niu_pci_vpd_scan_props(struct niu *np, u32 start, u32 end)
 		start += 3;
 
 		prop_len = niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, start + 4);
+		if (prop_len < 0)
+			return prop_len;
 		err = niu_pci_vpd_get_propname(np, start + 5, namebuf, 64);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
@@ -8141,8 +8143,12 @@ static int niu_pci_vpd_scan_props(struct niu *np, u32 start, u32 end)
 			netif_printk(np, probe, KERN_DEBUG, np->dev,
 				     "VPD_SCAN: Reading in property [%s] len[%d]\n",
 				     namebuf, prop_len);
-			for (i = 0; i < prop_len; i++)
-				*prop_buf++ = niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, off + i);
+			for (i = 0; i < prop_len; i++) {
+				err =  niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, off + i);
+				if (err < 0)
+					return err;
+				*prop_buf++ = err;
+			}
 		}
 
 		start += len;
@@ -8152,14 +8158,14 @@ static int niu_pci_vpd_scan_props(struct niu *np, u32 start, u32 end)
 }
 
 /* ESPC_PIO_EN_ENABLE must be set */
-static void niu_pci_vpd_fetch(struct niu *np, u32 start)
+static int niu_pci_vpd_fetch(struct niu *np, u32 start)
 {
 	u32 offset;
 	int err;
 
 	err = niu_pci_eeprom_read16_swp(np, start + 1);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return;
+		return err;
 
 	offset = err + 3;
 
@@ -8168,12 +8174,14 @@ static void niu_pci_vpd_fetch(struct niu *np, u32 start)
 		u32 end;
 
 		err = niu_pci_eeprom_read(np, here);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
 		if (err != 0x90)
-			return;
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 		err = niu_pci_eeprom_read16_swp(np, here + 1);
 		if (err < 0)
-			return;
+			return err;
 
 		here = start + offset + 3;
 		end = start + offset + err;
@@ -8181,9 +8189,12 @@ static void niu_pci_vpd_fetch(struct niu *np, u32 start)
 		offset += err;
 
 		err = niu_pci_vpd_scan_props(np, here, end);
-		if (err < 0 || err == 1)
-			return;
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+		if (err == 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* ESPC_PIO_EN_ENABLE must be set */
@@ -9274,8 +9285,11 @@ static int niu_get_invariants(struct niu *np)
 		offset = niu_pci_vpd_offset(np);
 		netif_printk(np, probe, KERN_DEBUG, np->dev,
 			     "%s() VPD offset [%08x]\n", __func__, offset);
-		if (offset)
-			niu_pci_vpd_fetch(np, offset);
+		if (offset) {
+			err = niu_pci_vpd_fetch(np, offset);
+			if (err < 0)
+				return err;
+		}
 		nw64(ESPC_PIO_EN, 0);
 
 		if (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_VPD_VALID) {