long cleared;
 
                        cleared = nvdimm_clear_poison(&ndns->dev, offset, size);
-                       if (cleared != size) {
-                               size = cleared;
+                       if (cleared < size)
                                rc = -EIO;
+                       if (cleared > 0 && cleared / 512) {
+                               cleared /= 512;
+                               badblocks_clear(&nsio->bb, sector, cleared);
                        }
-
-                       badblocks_clear(&nsio->bb, sector, cleared >> 9);
+                       invalidate_pmem(nsio->addr + offset, size);
                } else
                        rc = -EIO;
        }
 
        return to_nd_region(to_dev(pmem)->parent);
 }
 
-static void pmem_clear_poison(struct pmem_device *pmem, phys_addr_t offset,
+static int pmem_clear_poison(struct pmem_device *pmem, phys_addr_t offset,
                unsigned int len)
 {
        struct device *dev = to_dev(pmem);
-       sector_t sector, cleared;
+       sector_t sector;
+       long cleared;
+       int rc = 0;
 
        sector = (offset - pmem->data_offset) / 512;
-       cleared = nvdimm_clear_poison(dev, pmem->phys_addr + offset, len) / 512;
 
-       if (cleared) {
-               dev_dbg(dev, "%s: %#llx clear %ld sector%s\n",
-                               __func__, (unsigned long long) sector,
-                               cleared, cleared > 1 ? "s" : "");
+       cleared = nvdimm_clear_poison(dev, pmem->phys_addr + offset, len);
+       if (cleared < len)
+               rc = -EIO;
+       if (cleared > 0 && cleared / 512) {
+               cleared /= 512;
+               dev_dbg(dev, "%s: %#llx clear %ld sector%s\n", __func__,
+                               (unsigned long long) sector, cleared,
+                               cleared > 1 ? "s" : "");
                badblocks_clear(&pmem->bb, sector, cleared);
        }
        invalidate_pmem(pmem->virt_addr + offset, len);
+
+       return rc;
 }
 
 static void write_pmem(void *pmem_addr, struct page *page,