cause >= ARRAY_SIZE(abort_causes)
                                ? "unknown reason" : abort_causes[cause]);
 
+                       status = status ? status : dev->result;
+
                        goto out;
                }
                udelay(I2C_DELAY);
                                        | I2C_IT_RXFF | I2C_IT_RXFE));
 
                if (dev->cli.count) {
-                       dev->result = -1;
+                       dev->result = -EIO;
                        dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "%lu bytes still remain to be"
                                        "xfered\n", dev->cli.count);
                        (void) init_hw(dev);
 
        /* Master Arbitration lost interrupt */
        case I2C_IT_MAL:
-               dev->result = -1;
+               dev->result = -EIO;
                (void) init_hw(dev);
 
                i2c_set_bit(dev->virtbase + I2C_ICR, I2C_IT_MAL);
         * during the transaction.
         */
        case I2C_IT_BERR:
-               dev->result = -1;
+               dev->result = -EIO;
                /* get the status */
                if (((readl(dev->virtbase + I2C_SR) >> 2) & 0x3) == I2C_ABORT)
                        (void) init_hw(dev);
         * the Tx FIFO is full.
         */
        case I2C_IT_TXFOVR:
-               dev->result = -1;
+               dev->result = -EIO;
                (void) init_hw(dev);
 
                dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "Tx Fifo Over run\n");