diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index a67092db6a..3ff6798bde 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(SCSIDiskState, SCSIDiskClass, SCSI_DISK_BASE)
 
 struct SCSIDiskClass {
     SCSIDeviceClass parent_class;
+    /*
+     * Callbacks receive ret == 0 for success. Errors are represented either as
+     * negative errno values, or as positive SAM status codes.
+     */
     DMAIOFunc       *dma_readv;
     DMAIOFunc       *dma_writev;
     bool            (*need_fua_emulation)(SCSICommand *cmd);
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ static bool scsi_disk_req_check_error(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret, bool acct_failed)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (ret < 0) {
+    if (ret != 0) {
         return scsi_handle_rw_error(r, ret, acct_failed);
     }
 
@@ -360,7 +364,7 @@ static void scsi_write_do_fua(SCSIDiskReq *r)
 static void scsi_dma_complete_noio(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret)
 {
     assert(r->req.aiocb == NULL);
-    if (scsi_disk_req_check_error(r, ret, false)) {
+    if (scsi_disk_req_check_error(r, ret, ret > 0)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -385,9 +389,10 @@ static void scsi_dma_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
     assert(r->req.aiocb != NULL);
     r->req.aiocb = NULL;
 
+    /* ret > 0 is accounted for in scsi_disk_req_check_error() */
     if (ret < 0) {
         block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
-    } else {
+    } else if (ret == 0) {
         block_acct_done(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
     }
     scsi_dma_complete_noio(r, ret);
@@ -403,7 +408,7 @@ static void scsi_read_complete_noio(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret)
            qemu_get_current_aio_context());
 
     assert(r->req.aiocb == NULL);
-    if (scsi_disk_req_check_error(r, ret, false)) {
+    if (scsi_disk_req_check_error(r, ret, ret > 0)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -424,9 +429,10 @@ static void scsi_read_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
     assert(r->req.aiocb != NULL);
     r->req.aiocb = NULL;
 
+    /* ret > 0 is accounted for in scsi_disk_req_check_error() */
     if (ret < 0) {
         block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
-    } else {
+    } else if (ret == 0) {
         block_acct_done(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
         trace_scsi_disk_read_complete(r->req.tag, r->qiov.size);
     }
@@ -534,7 +540,7 @@ static void scsi_write_complete_noio(SCSIDiskReq *r, int ret)
            qemu_get_current_aio_context());
 
     assert (r->req.aiocb == NULL);
-    if (scsi_disk_req_check_error(r, ret, false)) {
+    if (scsi_disk_req_check_error(r, ret, ret > 0)) {
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -562,9 +568,10 @@ static void scsi_write_complete(void * opaque, int ret)
     assert (r->req.aiocb != NULL);
     r->req.aiocb = NULL;
 
+    /* ret > 0 is accounted for in scsi_disk_req_check_error() */
     if (ret < 0) {
         block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
-    } else {
+    } else if (ret == 0) {
         block_acct_done(blk_get_stats(s->qdev.conf.blk), &r->acct);
     }
     scsi_write_complete_noio(r, ret);