diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
index 9148ddbf02e5..8ad6946521d8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/common/sba_iommu.c
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ static int sba_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
 		sglist->dma_address = sba_map_page(dev, sg_page(sglist),
 				sglist->offset, sglist->length, dir, attrs);
 		if (dma_mapping_error(dev, sglist->dma_address))
-			return 0;
+			return -EIO;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static int sba_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
 	coalesced = sba_coalesce_chunks(ioc, dev, sglist, nents);
 	if (coalesced < 0) {
 		sba_unmap_sg_attrs(dev, sglist, nents, dir, attrs);
-		return 0;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	/*