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-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/st.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 3babdc76b3f..e1a52c525ed 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,10 @@ static int st_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
goto err_out;
if ((filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) == 0 &&
retval != CHKRES_READY) {
- retval = (-EIO);
+ if (STp->ready == NO_TAPE)
+ retval = (-ENOMEDIUM);
+ else
+ retval = (-EIO);
goto err_out;
}
return 0;