error:
        debug_tcp("Error receiving PDU, errno=%d\n", rc);
-       iscsi_conn_failure(conn, ISCSI_ERR_CONN_FAILED);
+       iscsi_conn_failure(conn, rc);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
        while (1) {
                rc = iscsi_tcp_xmit_segment(tcp_conn, segment);
-               if (rc < 0)
+               if (rc < 0) {
+                       rc = ISCSI_ERR_XMIT_FAILED;
                        goto error;
+               }
                if (rc == 0)
                        break;
 
                if (segment->total_copied >= segment->total_size) {
                        if (segment->done != NULL) {
                                rc = segment->done(tcp_conn, segment);
-                               if (rc < 0)
+                               if (rc != 0)
                                        goto error;
                        }
                }
        /* Transmit error. We could initiate error recovery
         * here. */
        debug_tcp("Error sending PDU, errno=%d\n", rc);
-       iscsi_conn_failure(conn, ISCSI_ERR_CONN_FAILED);
-       return rc;
+       iscsi_conn_failure(conn, rc);
+       return -EIO;
 }
 
 /**
 
        ISCSI_ERR_PARAM_NOT_FOUND       = ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 16,
        ISCSI_ERR_NO_SCSI_CMD           = ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 17,
        ISCSI_ERR_INVALID_HOST          = ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 18,
+       ISCSI_ERR_XMIT_FAILED           = ISCSI_ERR_BASE + 19,
 };
 
 /*