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) {