diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
index 5d434cf88f35adb52e4d28cd37cf7ea1cc2c50e0..072a2295eff8db5783f91643e729d232581651c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
@@ -1569,11 +1569,9 @@ static int __ath6kl_init_hw_start(struct ath6kl *ar)
 		goto err_power_off;
 
 	/* Do we need to finish the BMI phase */
-	/* FIXME: return error from ath6kl_bmi_done() */
-	if (ath6kl_bmi_done(ar)) {
-		ret = -EIO;
+	ret = ath6kl_bmi_done(ar);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_power_off;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The reason we have to wait for the target here is that the
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c
index d111980d44c0bb9b550b0733322b663a6842c6c8..0bd8ff69461a2fd0afdbce891bcd14047872e78c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c
@@ -1123,10 +1123,12 @@ static int ath6kl_sdio_bmi_write(struct ath6kl *ar, u8 *buf, u32 len)
 
 	ret = ath6kl_sdio_read_write_sync(ar, addr, buf, len,
 					  HIF_WR_SYNC_BYTE_INC);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		ath6kl_err("unable to send the bmi data to the device\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ath6kl_sdio_bmi_read(struct ath6kl *ar, u8 *buf, u32 len)