diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
index 2af89a5e379f..a8ec4fe42817 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ int ppc_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct iommu_table *tbl,
 	BUG_ON(direction == DMA_NONE);
 
 	if ((nelems == 0) || !tbl)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	outs = s = segstart = &sglist[0];
 	outcount = 1;
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int ppc_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct iommu_table *tbl,
 		if (s == outs)
 			break;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
index 1a5665875165..c54eb46f0cfb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int ps3_ioc0_map_sg(struct device *_dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 			   unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	BUG();
-	return 0;
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static void ps3_sb_unmap_sg(struct device *_dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c
index e00f3725ec96..e31e59c54f30 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ static int vio_dma_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
 	for_each_sg(sglist, sgl, nelems, count)
 		alloc_size += roundup(sgl->length, IOMMU_PAGE_SIZE(tbl));
 
-	if (vio_cmo_alloc(viodev, alloc_size))
+	ret = vio_cmo_alloc(viodev, alloc_size);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out_fail;
 	ret = ppc_iommu_map_sg(dev, tbl, sglist, nelems, dma_get_mask(dev),
 			direction, attrs);
@@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ out_deallocate:
 	vio_cmo_dealloc(viodev, alloc_size);
 out_fail:
 	atomic_inc(&viodev->cmo.allocs_failed);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void vio_dma_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev,