diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 1b199e15ce9b..67f412bb4974 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 	int this_count = scsi_bufflen(cmd);
 	struct request_queue *q = cmd->device->request_queue;
 	struct request *req = cmd->request;
-	int clear_errors = 1;
+	int error = 0;
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 	int sense_valid = 0;
 	int sense_deferred = 0;
@@ -853,7 +853,6 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 	if (blk_pc_request(req)) { /* SG_IO ioctl from block level */
 		req->errors = result;
 		if (result) {
-			clear_errors = 0;
 			if (sense_valid && req->sense) {
 				/*
 				 * SG_IO wants current and deferred errors
@@ -865,6 +864,8 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 				memcpy(req->sense, cmd->sense_buffer,  len);
 				req->sense_len = len;
 			}
+			if (!sense_deferred)
+				error = -EIO;
 		}
 		if (scsi_bidi_cmnd(cmd)) {
 			/* will also release_buffers */
@@ -885,14 +886,11 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 				      "%d bytes done.\n",
 				      req->nr_sectors, good_bytes));
 
-	if (clear_errors)
-		req->errors = 0;
-
 	/* A number of bytes were successfully read.  If there
 	 * are leftovers and there is some kind of error
 	 * (result != 0), retry the rest.
 	 */
-	if (scsi_end_request(cmd, 0, good_bytes, result == 0) == NULL)
+	if (scsi_end_request(cmd, error, good_bytes, result == 0) == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	/* good_bytes = 0, or (inclusive) there were leftovers and