diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
index e00d45522b80..8d348b22ba45 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ int nvdimm_init_nsarea(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
 int nvdimm_init_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
 {
 	struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus = walk_to_nvdimm_bus(ndd->dev);
+	int rc = validate_dimm(ndd), cmd_rc = 0;
 	struct nd_cmd_get_config_data_hdr *cmd;
 	struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc;
-	int rc = validate_dimm(ndd);
 	u32 max_cmd_size, config_size;
 	size_t offset;
 
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@ int nvdimm_init_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
 		cmd->in_offset = offset;
 		rc = nd_desc->ndctl(nd_desc, to_nvdimm(ndd->dev),
 				ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_DATA, cmd,
-				cmd->in_length + sizeof(*cmd), NULL);
-		if (rc || cmd->status) {
-			rc = -ENXIO;
+				cmd->in_length + sizeof(*cmd), &cmd_rc);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			break;
+		if (cmd_rc < 0) {
+			rc = cmd_rc;
 			break;
 		}
 		memcpy(ndd->data + offset, cmd->out_buf, cmd->in_length);
@@ -140,9 +142,9 @@ int nvdimm_init_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd)
 int nvdimm_set_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, size_t offset,
 		void *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	int rc = validate_dimm(ndd);
 	size_t max_cmd_size, buf_offset;
 	struct nd_cmd_set_config_hdr *cmd;
+	int rc = validate_dimm(ndd), cmd_rc = 0;
 	struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus = walk_to_nvdimm_bus(ndd->dev);
 	struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc = nvdimm_bus->nd_desc;
 
@@ -164,7 +166,6 @@ int nvdimm_set_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, size_t offset,
 	for (buf_offset = 0; len; len -= cmd->in_length,
 			buf_offset += cmd->in_length) {
 		size_t cmd_size;
-		u32 *status;
 
 		cmd->in_offset = offset + buf_offset;
 		cmd->in_length = min(max_cmd_size, len);
@@ -172,12 +173,13 @@ int nvdimm_set_config_data(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, size_t offset,
 
 		/* status is output in the last 4-bytes of the command buffer */
 		cmd_size = sizeof(*cmd) + cmd->in_length + sizeof(u32);
-		status = ((void *) cmd) + cmd_size - sizeof(u32);
 
 		rc = nd_desc->ndctl(nd_desc, to_nvdimm(ndd->dev),
-				ND_CMD_SET_CONFIG_DATA, cmd, cmd_size, NULL);
-		if (rc || *status) {
-			rc = rc ? rc : -ENXIO;
+				ND_CMD_SET_CONFIG_DATA, cmd, cmd_size, &cmd_rc);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			break;
+		if (cmd_rc < 0) {
+			rc = cmd_rc;
 			break;
 		}
 	}