diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 52cd3f1608b3..926a6bcb32c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1464,12 +1464,13 @@ static int noretry_error(int error)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * end_io handling
- */
-static int do_end_io(struct multipath *m, struct request *clone,
-		     int error, struct dm_mpath_io *mpio)
+static int multipath_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *clone,
+			    int error, union map_info *map_context)
 {
+	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
 	 * during end I/O handling, since those clone requests don't have
@@ -1481,39 +1482,26 @@ static int do_end_io(struct multipath *m, struct request *clone,
 	 * request into dm core, which will remake a clone request and
 	 * clone bios for it and resubmit it later.
 	 */
-	int r = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
+	if (error && !noretry_error(error)) {
+		struct multipath *m = ti->private;
 
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;	/* I/O complete */
+		r = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
 
-	if (noretry_error(error))
-		return error;
+		if (pgpath)
+			fail_path(pgpath);
 
-	if (mpio->pgpath)
-		fail_path(mpio->pgpath);
+		if (atomic_read(&m->nr_valid_paths) == 0 &&
+		    !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 (atomic_read(&m->nr_valid_paths) == 0 &&
-	    !test_bit(MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH, &m->flags))
-		r = dm_report_EIO(m);
-
-	return r;
-}
-
-static int multipath_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *clone,
-			    int error, union map_info *map_context)
-{
-	struct multipath *m = ti->private;
-	struct dm_mpath_io *mpio = get_mpio(map_context);
-	struct pgpath *pgpath;
-	struct path_selector *ps;
-	int r;
-
-	BUG_ON(!mpio);
-
-	r = do_end_io(m, clone, error, mpio);
-	pgpath = mpio->pgpath;
 	if (pgpath) {
-		ps = &pgpath->pg->ps;
+		struct path_selector *ps = &pgpath->pg->ps;
+
 		if (ps->type->end_io)
 			ps->type->end_io(ps, &pgpath->path, mpio->nr_bytes);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index d445b712970b..a48130b90157 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();
 	}
@@ -501,14 +504,12 @@ static int map_request(struct dm_rq_target_io *tio)
 		/* The target wants to requeue the I/O after a delay */
 		dm_requeue_original_request(tio, true);
 		break;
-	default:
-		if (r > 0) {
-			DMWARN("unimplemented target map return value: %d", r);
-			BUG();
-		}
-
+	case DM_MAPIO_KILL:
 		/* The target wants to complete the I/O */
-		dm_kill_unmapped_request(rq, r);
+		dm_kill_unmapped_request(rq, -EIO);
+	default:
+		DMWARN("unimplemented target map return value: %d", r);
+		BUG();
 	}
 
 	return r;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-target.c
index 43d3445b121d..6264ff00dcf0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-target.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int io_err_clone_and_map_rq(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *rq,
 				   union map_info *map_context,
 				   struct request **clone)
 {
-	return -EIO;
+	return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
 }
 
 static void io_err_release_clone_rq(struct request *clone)
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 925b63cdef52..78ad0624cdae 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
 
@@ -603,6 +604,7 @@ extern struct ratelimit_state dm_ratelimit_state;
 #define DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED	1
 #define DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE	DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE
 #define DM_MAPIO_DELAY_REQUEUE	3
+#define DM_MAPIO_KILL		4
 
 #define dm_sector_div64(x, y)( \
 { \