diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
index f633941011a..a8c426bf47a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static int onenand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, int state)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "onenand_wait: controller error = 0x%04x\n", ctrl);
 		if (ctrl & ONENAND_CTRL_LOCK)
 			printk(KERN_ERR "onenand_wait: it's locked error.\n");
-		return ctrl;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	if (interrupt & ONENAND_INT_READ) {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int onenand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, int state)
 			if (ecc & ONENAND_ECC_2BIT_ALL) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "onenand_wait: ECC error = 0x%04x\n", ecc);
 				mtd->ecc_stats.failed++;
-				return ecc;
+				return -EBADMSG;
 			} else if (ecc & ONENAND_ECC_1BIT_ALL) {
 				printk(KERN_INFO "onenand_wait: correctable ECC error = 0x%04x\n", ecc);
 				mtd->ecc_stats.corrected++;