diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index f2bb841c205911cd187983040108d1b61e37b026..4c869b5561aca42c45561989cb53bb65cfa7dc7e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -3781,7 +3781,7 @@ int qlt_abort_cmd(struct qla_tgt_cmd *cmd)
 		    "multiple abort. %p transport_state %x, t_state %x, "
 		    "se_cmd_flags %x\n", cmd, cmd->se_cmd.transport_state,
 		    cmd->se_cmd.t_state, cmd->se_cmd.se_cmd_flags);
-		return EIO;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 	cmd->aborted = 1;
 	cmd->trc_flags |= TRC_ABORT;