diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 5e982814797d869858c3dbb715527386c11258bf..4d6de4f15ccb34dd4039ed4bf3e53b5993751958 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Note that you can not swap over this thing, yet. Seems to work but
  * deadlocks sometimes - you can not swap over TCP in general.
  * 
- * Copyright 1997-2000 Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
+ * Copyright 1997-2000, 2008 Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
  * Parts copyright 2001 Steven Whitehouse <steve@chygwyn.com>
  *
  * This file is released under GPLv2 or later.
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int nbd_send_req(struct nbd_device *lo, struct request *req)
 	return 0;
 
 error_out:
-	return 1;
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 static struct request *nbd_find_request(struct nbd_device *lo,
@@ -467,9 +467,7 @@ static void nbd_handle_req(struct nbd_device *lo, struct request *req)
 		mutex_unlock(&lo->tx_lock);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Attempted send on closed socket\n",
 		       lo->disk->disk_name);
-		req->errors++;
-		nbd_end_request(req);
-		return;
+		goto error_out;
 	}
 
 	lo->active_req = req;
@@ -531,7 +529,7 @@ static int nbd_thread(void *data)
  *   { printk( "Warning: Ignoring result!\n"); nbd_end_request( req ); }
  */
 
-static void do_nbd_request(struct request_queue * q)
+static void do_nbd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct request *req;