diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 06e22a6..d537d10 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1758,10 +1758,10 @@ int bdrv_aio_multiwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockRequest *reqs, int num_reqs)
             // submitted yet. Otherwise we'll wait for the submitted AIOs to
             // complete and report the error in the callback.
             if (mcb->num_requests == 0) {
-                reqs[i].error = EIO;
+                reqs[i].error = -EIO;
                 goto fail;
             } else {
-                mcb->error = EIO;
+                mcb->error = -EIO;
                 break;
             }
         } else {