diff --git a/cmd/scsi.c b/cmd/scsi.c
index 387ca1a262ab505c9e680c8874111a91bcf4bc5d..7442e6aef4d9d06a2efcb0eb55ed5d4a416a0db3 100644
--- a/cmd/scsi.c
+++ b/cmd/scsi.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ int do_scsiboot(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
  */
 int do_scsi(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	switch (argc) {
 	case 0:
 	case 1:
@@ -35,8 +37,10 @@ int do_scsi(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
 		if (strncmp(argv[1], "res", 3) == 0) {
 			printf("\nReset SCSI\n");
 			scsi_bus_reset();
-			scsi_scan(1);
-			return 0;
+			ret = scsi_scan(1);
+			if (ret)
+				return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+			return ret;
 		}
 		if (strncmp(argv[1], "inf", 3) == 0) {
 			blk_list_devices(IF_TYPE_SCSI);
@@ -51,8 +55,10 @@ int do_scsi(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
 			return 0;
 		}
 		if (strncmp(argv[1], "scan", 4) == 0) {
-			scsi_scan(1);
-			return 0;
+			ret = scsi_scan(1);
+			if (ret)
+				return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+			return ret;
 		}
 		if (strncmp(argv[1], "part", 4) == 0) {
 			if (blk_list_part(IF_TYPE_SCSI))
diff --git a/common/scsi.c b/common/scsi.c
index ba656160581002261d34bd96c2840e8da6eb57ea..839b30b9bb8ee57e592be8b6f2e6ddcc153ec436 100644
--- a/common/scsi.c
+++ b/common/scsi.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ removable:
  * (re)-scan the scsi bus and reports scsi device info
  * to the user if mode = 1
  */
-void scsi_scan(int mode)
+int scsi_scan(int mode)
 {
 	unsigned char i, lun;
 	int ret;
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ void scsi_scan(int mode)
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 	setenv_ulong("scsidevs", scsi_max_devs);
 #endif
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK
diff --git a/include/scsi.h b/include/scsi.h
index eed8ff971731b7cf67199e6f0e59a34bdc24b261..c8796785a465e82b55a1d2864722d2c14ee55f89 100644
--- a/include/scsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void scsi_low_level_init(int busdevfunc);
  * functions residing inside cmd_scsi.c
  */
 void scsi_init(void);
-void scsi_scan(int mode);
+int scsi_scan(int mode);
 
 #define SCSI_IDENTIFY					0xC0  /* not used */