diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 8b394a08d427..926a6bcb32c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,7 @@ static int multipath_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *clone,
 {
 	struct dm_mpath_io *mpio = get_mpio(map_context);
 	struct pgpath *pgpath = mpio->pgpath;
+	int r = DM_ENDIO_DONE;
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't queue any clone request inside the multipath target
@@ -1484,14 +1485,18 @@ static int multipath_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *clone,
 	if (error && !noretry_error(error)) {
 		struct multipath *m = ti->private;
 
-		error = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
+		r = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
 
 		if (pgpath)
 			fail_path(pgpath);
 
 		if (atomic_read(&m->nr_valid_paths) == 0 &&
-		    !test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags))
-			error = dm_report_EIO(m);
+		    !test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags)) {
+			if (error == -EIO)
+				error = dm_report_EIO(m);
+			/* complete with the original error */
+			r = DM_ENDIO_DONE;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (pgpath) {
@@ -1501,7 +1506,7 @@ static int multipath_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *clone,
 			ps->type->end_io(ps, &pgpath->path, mpio->nr_bytes);
 	}
 
-	return error;
+	return r;
 }
 
 static int do_end_io_bio(struct multipath *m, struct bio *clone,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index d445b712970b..920e854caba9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void dm_requeue_original_request(struct dm_rq_target_io *tio, bool delay_
 
 static void dm_done(struct request *clone, int error, bool mapped)
 {
-	int r = error;
+	int r = DM_ENDIO_DONE;
 	struct dm_rq_target_io *tio = clone->end_io_data;
 	dm_request_endio_fn rq_end_io = NULL;
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void dm_done(struct request *clone, int error, bool mapped)
 			r = rq_end_io(tio->ti, clone, error, &tio->info);
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(r == -EREMOTEIO)) {
+	if (unlikely(error == -EREMOTEIO)) {
 		if (req_op(clone) == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME &&
 		    !clone->q->limits.max_write_same_sectors)
 			disable_write_same(tio->md);
@@ -307,16 +307,19 @@ static void dm_done(struct request *clone, int error, bool mapped)
 			disable_write_zeroes(tio->md);
 	}
 
-	if (r <= 0)
+	switch (r) {
+	case DM_ENDIO_DONE:
 		/* The target wants to complete the I/O */
-		dm_end_request(clone, r);
-	else if (r == DM_ENDIO_INCOMPLETE)
+		dm_end_request(clone, error);
+		break;
+	case DM_ENDIO_INCOMPLETE:
 		/* The target will handle the I/O */
 		return;
-	else if (r == DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE)
+	case DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE:
 		/* The target wants to requeue the I/O */
 		dm_requeue_original_request(tio, false);
-	else {
+		break;
+	default:
 		DMWARN("unimplemented target endio return value: %d", r);
 		BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 925b63cdef52..5a02fc0ff311 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ extern struct ratelimit_state dm_ratelimit_state;
 /*
  * Definitions of return values from target end_io function.
  */
+#define DM_ENDIO_DONE		0
 #define DM_ENDIO_INCOMPLETE	1
 #define DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE	2