diff --git a/cpukit/include/rtems/posix/aio_misc.h b/cpukit/include/rtems/posix/aio_misc.h
index 0769e4ff67..f8447ab3f2 100644
--- a/cpukit/include/rtems/posix/aio_misc.h
+++ b/cpukit/include/rtems/posix/aio_misc.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ extern rtems_aio_queue aio_request_queue;
  * @brief Initialize the request queue for AIO Operations.
  * 
  * @retval 0 The queue has bees succesfully initialized.
+ * @retval -1 An error occured while initializing the queue.
  */
 int rtems_aio_init( void );
 
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/aio_misc.c b/cpukit/posix/src/aio_misc.c
index cf84db2b73..d5729ba32b 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/aio_misc.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/aio_misc.c
@@ -118,20 +118,24 @@ int rtems_aio_init( void )
   int result = 0;
 
   result = pthread_attr_init( &aio_request_queue.attr );
-  if ( result != 0 )
-    return result;
+  if ( result != 0 ){
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   result = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(
     &aio_request_queue.attr,
     PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED
   );
-  if ( result != 0 )
+  if ( result != 0 ) {
     pthread_attr_destroy( &aio_request_queue.attr );
-
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   result = pthread_mutex_init( &aio_request_queue.mutex, NULL );
-  if ( result != 0 )
+  if ( result != 0 ) {
     pthread_attr_destroy( &aio_request_queue.attr );
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   pthread_mutex_lock( &aio_request_queue.mutex );
 
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ int rtems_aio_init( void )
     pthread_mutex_unlock( &aio_request_queue.mutex );
     pthread_mutex_destroy( &aio_request_queue.mutex );
     pthread_attr_destroy( &aio_request_queue.attr );
+    return -1;
   }
 
   rtems_chain_initialize_empty( &aio_request_queue.work_req );
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ int rtems_aio_init( void )
 
   pthread_mutex_unlock( &aio_request_queue.mutex );
 
-  return result;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 rtems_aio_request *init_write_req( struct aiocb* aiocbp )