static int _drbd_send_ack(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packet cmd,
                          u64 sector, u32 blksize, u64 block_id)
 {
-       int ok;
        struct p_block_ack p;
 
        p.sector   = sector;
        p.seq_num  = cpu_to_be32(atomic_inc_return(&mdev->packet_seq));
 
        if (!mdev->tconn->meta.socket || mdev->state.conn < C_CONNECTED)
-               return false;
-       ok = !drbd_send_cmd(mdev, &mdev->tconn->meta, cmd, &p.head, sizeof(p));
-       return ok;
+               return -EIO;
+       return drbd_send_cmd(mdev, &mdev->tconn->meta, cmd, &p.head, sizeof(p));
 }
 
 /* dp->sector and dp->block_id already/still in network byte order,
 {
        data_size -= (mdev->tconn->agreed_pro_version >= 87 && mdev->tconn->integrity_r_tfm) ?
                crypto_hash_digestsize(mdev->tconn->integrity_r_tfm) : 0;
-       return _drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd, dp->sector, cpu_to_be32(data_size),
-                             dp->block_id);
+       return !_drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd, dp->sector, cpu_to_be32(data_size),
+                              dp->block_id);
 }
 
 int drbd_send_ack_rp(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packet cmd,
                     struct p_block_req *rp)
 {
-       return _drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd, rp->sector, rp->blksize, rp->block_id);
+       return !_drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd, rp->sector, rp->blksize, rp->block_id);
 }
 
 /**
 int drbd_send_ack(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packet cmd,
                  struct drbd_peer_request *peer_req)
 {
-       return _drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd,
-                             cpu_to_be64(peer_req->i.sector),
-                             cpu_to_be32(peer_req->i.size),
-                             peer_req->block_id);
+       return !_drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd,
+                              cpu_to_be64(peer_req->i.sector),
+                              cpu_to_be32(peer_req->i.size),
+                              peer_req->block_id);
 }
 
 /* This function misuses the block_id field to signal if the blocks
 int drbd_send_ack_ex(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packet cmd,
                     sector_t sector, int blksize, u64 block_id)
 {
-       return _drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd,
-                             cpu_to_be64(sector),
-                             cpu_to_be32(blksize),
-                             cpu_to_be64(block_id));
+       return !_drbd_send_ack(mdev, cmd,
+                              cpu_to_be64(sector),
+                              cpu_to_be32(blksize),
+                              cpu_to_be64(block_id));
 }
 
 int drbd_send_drequest(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int cmd,