spin_lock_irqsave(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags);
        if (bfad->disable_active) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags);
-               return EBUSY;
+               return -EBUSY;
        }
 
        bfad->disable_active = BFA_TRUE;
        void    *iocmd_bufptr;
 
        if (iocmd->nrports == 0)
-               return EINVAL;
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        if (bfad_chk_iocmd_sz(payload_len,
                        sizeof(struct bfa_bsg_lport_get_rports_s),
 bfad_iocmd_handler(struct bfad_s *bfad, unsigned int cmd, void *iocmd,
                unsigned int payload_len)
 {
-       int rc = EINVAL;
+       int rc = -EINVAL;
 
        switch (cmd) {
        case IOCMD_IOC_ENABLE:
                rc = bfad_iocmd_porglog_get(bfad, iocmd);
                break;
        default:
-               rc = EINVAL;
+               rc = -EINVAL;
                break;
        }
-       return -rc;
+       return rc;
 }
 
 static int