diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index f4b6dd5d3d..8de14de49c 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -5781,8 +5781,8 @@ void bdrv_init_with_whitelist(void)
     bdrv_init();
 }
 
-static void coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                                  Error **errp)
+static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                                 Error **errp)
 {
     BdrvChild *child, *parent;
     uint64_t perm, shared_perm;
@@ -5791,14 +5791,14 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
     BdrvDirtyBitmap *bm;
 
     if (!bs->drv)  {
-        return;
+        return -ENOMEDIUM;
     }
 
     QLIST_FOREACH(child, &bs->children, next) {
         bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(child->bs, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-            return;
+            return -EINVAL;
         }
     }
 
@@ -5821,7 +5821,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
         ret = bdrv_check_perm(bs, NULL, perm, shared_perm, NULL, NULL, errp);
         if (ret < 0) {
             bs->open_flags |= BDRV_O_INACTIVE;
-            return;
+            return ret;
         }
         bdrv_set_perm(bs, perm, shared_perm);
 
@@ -5830,7 +5830,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
             if (local_err) {
                 bs->open_flags |= BDRV_O_INACTIVE;
                 error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-                return;
+                return -EINVAL;
             }
         }
 
@@ -5842,7 +5842,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
         if (ret < 0) {
             bs->open_flags |= BDRV_O_INACTIVE;
             error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not refresh total sector count");
-            return;
+            return ret;
         }
     }
 
@@ -5852,27 +5852,30 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
             if (local_err) {
                 bs->open_flags |= BDRV_O_INACTIVE;
                 error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-                return;
+                return -EINVAL;
             }
         }
     }
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 typedef struct InvalidateCacheCo {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     Error **errp;
     bool done;
+    int ret;
 } InvalidateCacheCo;
 
 static void coroutine_fn bdrv_invalidate_cache_co_entry(void *opaque)
 {
     InvalidateCacheCo *ico = opaque;
-    bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(ico->bs, ico->errp);
+    ico->ret = bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(ico->bs, ico->errp);
     ico->done = true;
     aio_wait_kick();
 }
 
-void bdrv_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
+int bdrv_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
     Coroutine *co;
     InvalidateCacheCo ico = {
@@ -5889,22 +5892,23 @@ void bdrv_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
         bdrv_coroutine_enter(bs, co);
         BDRV_POLL_WHILE(bs, !ico.done);
     }
+
+    return ico.ret;
 }
 
 void bdrv_invalidate_cache_all(Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     BdrvNextIterator it;
 
     for (bs = bdrv_first(&it); bs; bs = bdrv_next(&it)) {
         AioContext *aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
+        int ret;
 
         aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
-        bdrv_invalidate_cache(bs, &local_err);
+        ret = bdrv_invalidate_cache(bs, errp);
         aio_context_release(aio_context);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        if (ret < 0) {
             bdrv_next_cleanup(&it);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 981ab5b314..81d591dd4c 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void bdrv_aio_cancel_async(BlockAIOCB *acb);
 int bdrv_co_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs, int req, void *buf);
 
 /* Invalidate any cached metadata used by image formats */
-void bdrv_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
+int bdrv_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
 void bdrv_invalidate_cache_all(Error **errp);
 int bdrv_inactivate_all(void);