static int drbd_drain_block(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int data_size)
 {
        struct page *page;
-       int rr, rv = 1;
+       int rr, err = 0;
        void *data;
 
        if (!data_size)
-               return true;
+               return 0;
 
        page = drbd_pp_alloc(mdev, 1, 1);
 
        data = kmap(page);
        while (data_size) {
-               rr = drbd_recv(mdev->tconn, data, min_t(int, data_size, PAGE_SIZE));
-               if (rr != min_t(int, data_size, PAGE_SIZE)) {
-                       rv = 0;
+               unsigned int len = min_t(int, data_size, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+               rr = drbd_recv(mdev->tconn, data, len);
+               if (rr != len) {
                        if (!signal_pending(current))
                                dev_warn(DEV,
                                        "short read receiving data: read %d expected %d\n",
-                                       rr, min_t(int, data_size, PAGE_SIZE));
+                                       rr, len);
+                       err = (rr < 0) ? rr : -EIO;
                        break;
                }
                data_size -= rr;
        }
        kunmap(page);
        drbd_pp_free(mdev, page, 0);
-       return rv;
+       return err;
 }
 
 static int recv_dless_read(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_request *req,
                if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
                        dev_err(DEV, "Can not write resync data to local disk.\n");
 
-               ok = drbd_drain_block(mdev, data_size);
+               ok = !drbd_drain_block(mdev, data_size);
 
                drbd_send_ack_dp(mdev, P_NEG_ACK, p, data_size);
        }
                err = wait_for_and_update_peer_seq(mdev, peer_seq);
                drbd_send_ack_dp(mdev, P_NEG_ACK, p, data_size);
                atomic_inc(&mdev->current_epoch->epoch_size);
-               return drbd_drain_block(mdev, data_size) && err == 0;
+               return !drbd_drain_block(mdev, data_size) && err == 0;
        }
 
        /*
                            "no local data.\n");
 
                /* drain possibly payload */
-               return drbd_drain_block(mdev, digest_size);
+               return !drbd_drain_block(mdev, digest_size);
        }
 
        /* GFP_NOIO, because we must not cause arbitrary write-out: in a DRBD