diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
index d77b1c1d7c726..bebf49e0dbe90 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ static int init_volumes(struct ubi_device *ubi,
 		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 c08254016fe8b..3375bfb1b2467 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -1978,6 +1978,7 @@ int ubi_wl_init(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_attach_info *ai)
 		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 -= reserved_pebs;