diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index 21ac5fb2d5f0..a54163a83968 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		req_set_fail(req);
 	io_req_uring_cleanup(req, issue_flags);
 	io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);
-	return ret;
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : IOU_OK;
 }
 
 int io_uring_cmd_import_fixed(u64 ubuf, unsigned long len, int rw,