diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index d2945c9c812b..c95dc1736dd9 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -657,8 +657,10 @@ static int io_alloc_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 	ring_size = reg->ring_entries * sizeof(struct io_uring_buf_ring);
 
 	bl->buf_ring = io_pages_map(&bl->buf_pages, &bl->buf_nr_pages, ring_size);
-	if (!bl->buf_ring)
+	if (IS_ERR(bl->buf_ring)) {
+		bl->buf_ring = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	bl->is_buf_ring = 1;
 	bl->is_mmap = 1;
diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index 21ac5fb2d5f0..a54163a83968 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		req_set_fail(req);
 	io_req_uring_cleanup(req, issue_flags);
 	io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);
-	return ret;
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : IOU_OK;
 }
 
 int io_uring_cmd_import_fixed(u64 ubuf, unsigned long len, int rw,