diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c6c512578..07a7227619 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-06-14	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
+
+	PR 1553/filesystem
+	Coverity Id 37
+	* libblock/src/flashdisk.c: Fix two paths which should have returned an
+	error but did not have the return statement.
+
 2010-05-11	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* aclocal/bsp-alias.m4: Change quoting to work-round
diff --git a/cpukit/libblock/src/flashdisk.c b/cpukit/libblock/src/flashdisk.c
index aac9cec4dd..9fc004d597 100644
--- a/cpukit/libblock/src/flashdisk.c
+++ b/cpukit/libblock/src/flashdisk.c
@@ -2575,6 +2575,7 @@ rtems_fdisk_initialize (rtems_device_major_number major,
       free (fd->devices);
       rtems_fdisk_error ("recovery of disk failed: %s (%d)",
                          strerror (ret), ret);
+      return ret;
     }
     
     ret = rtems_fdisk_compact (fd);
@@ -2587,6 +2588,7 @@ rtems_fdisk_initialize (rtems_device_major_number major,
       free (fd->devices);
       rtems_fdisk_error ("compacting of disk failed: %s (%d)",
                          strerror (ret), ret);
+      return ret;
     }
   }