diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 39280c1e9b5d..38e26fe23138 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -761,8 +761,10 @@ int pblk_line_smeta_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 
 	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
 
-	if (rqd.error)
+	if (rqd.error && rqd.error != NVM_RSP_WARN_HIGHECC) {
 		pblk_log_read_err(pblk, &rqd);
+		ret = -EIO;
+	}
 
 clear_rqd:
 	pblk_free_rqd_meta(pblk, &rqd);
@@ -916,8 +918,11 @@ int pblk_line_emeta_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 
 	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
 
-	if (rqd.error)
+	if (rqd.error && rqd.error != NVM_RSP_WARN_HIGHECC) {
 		pblk_log_read_err(pblk, &rqd);
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto free_rqd_dma;
+	}
 
 	emeta_buf += rq_len;
 	left_ppas -= rq_ppas;
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 357e52980f2f..124d8179b2ad 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
 
 	/* If a read fails, do a best effort by padding the line and retrying */
-	if (rqd->error) {
+	if (rqd->error && rqd->error != NVM_RSP_WARN_HIGHECC) {
 		int pad_distance, ret;
 
 		if (padded) {