diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
index c015fc0a76d8..4105a508f215 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ static int init_volumes(struct ubi_device *ubi, const struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
 			ubi_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
 				ubi->corr_peb_count);
+		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 	ubi->rsvd_pebs += reserved_pebs;
 	ubi->avail_pebs -= reserved_pebs;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 284d144ff5a6..3e42cd6f7c77 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ int ubi_wl_init_scan(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 		if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
 			ubi_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
 				ubi->corr_peb_count);
+		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	ubi->avail_pebs -= WL_RESERVED_PEBS;