diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.c b/lib/metadata/metadata.c

index eb8af10..4da6b64 100644

--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.c

+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.c

@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ get_metadata(struct lib_context *lc, enum action action,

 	if (!count_devices(lc, DEVICE)) {

 		log_print(lc, "no block devices found");

-		return 1;

+		return 0;

 	}

 	if (!(M_RAID & p->metadata))

@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ get_metadata(struct lib_context *lc, enum action action,

 	if (!OPT_HOT_SPARE_SET(lc) && !OPT_CREATE(lc)

 	    && !count_devices(lc, RAID)) {

 		format_error(lc, "disks", argv);

-		return 1;

+		return 0;

 	}

 	if (M_SET & p->metadata) {