diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asIocRegister.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asIocRegister.c
index 16cba90c6..d5926a551 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asIocRegister.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/as/asIocRegister.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void asSetSubstitutionsCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 static const iocshFuncDef asInitFuncDef = {"asInit",0};
 static void asInitCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    asInit();
+    iocshSetError(asInit());
 }
 
 /* asdbdump */
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbIocRegister.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbIocRegister.c
index c40af92c1..afb31151d 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbIocRegister.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbIocRegister.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static const iocshFuncDef dbLoadDatabaseFuncDef =
     {"dbLoadDatabase",3,dbLoadDatabaseArgs};
 static void dbLoadDatabaseCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    dbLoadDatabase(args[0].sval,args[1].sval,args[2].sval);
+    iocshSetError(dbLoadDatabase(args[0].sval,args[1].sval,args[2].sval));
 }
 
 /* dbLoadRecords */
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static const iocshArg * const dbLoadRecordsArgs[2] = {&dbLoadRecordsArg0,&dbLoad
 static const iocshFuncDef dbLoadRecordsFuncDef = {"dbLoadRecords",2,dbLoadRecordsArgs};
 static void dbLoadRecordsCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    dbLoadRecords(args[0].sval,args[1].sval);
+    iocshSetError(dbLoadRecords(args[0].sval,args[1].sval));
 }
 
 /* dbb */
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbtemplate/dbtoolsIocRegister.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbtemplate/dbtoolsIocRegister.c
index 201a32398..879f67e19 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbtemplate/dbtoolsIocRegister.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbtemplate/dbtoolsIocRegister.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static const iocshFuncDef dbLoadTemplateFuncDef =
     {"dbLoadTemplate", 2, dbLoadTemplateArgs};
 static void dbLoadTemplateCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    dbLoadTemplate(args[0].sval, args[1].sval);
+    iocshSetError(dbLoadTemplate(args[0].sval, args[1].sval));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/miscIocRegister.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/miscIocRegister.c
index 6c08ef0c9..4dffdfca0 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/miscIocRegister.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/misc/miscIocRegister.c
@@ -22,28 +22,28 @@
 static const iocshFuncDef iocInitFuncDef = {"iocInit",0,NULL};
 static void iocInitCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    iocInit();
+    iocshSetError(iocInit());
 }
 
 /* iocBuild */
 static const iocshFuncDef iocBuildFuncDef = {"iocBuild",0,NULL};
 static void iocBuildCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    iocBuild();
+    iocshSetError(iocBuild());
 }
 
 /* iocRun */
 static const iocshFuncDef iocRunFuncDef = {"iocRun",0,NULL};
 static void iocRunCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    iocRun();
+    iocshSetError(iocRun());
 }
 
 /* iocPause */
 static const iocshFuncDef iocPauseFuncDef = {"iocPause",0,NULL};
 static void iocPauseCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    iocPause();
+    iocshSetError(iocPause());
 }
 
 /* coreRelease */
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static const iocshArg * const systemArgs[] = {&systemArg0};
 static const iocshFuncDef systemFuncDef = {"system",1,systemArgs};
 static void systemCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
-    system(args[0].sval);
+    iocshSetError(system(args[0].sval));
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/modules/database/src/tools/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl b/modules/database/src/tools/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
index 02bb9b772..10147db4b 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/tools/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
+++ b/modules/database/src/tools/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static const iocshFuncDef rrddFuncDef =
     {"$subname", 1, rrddArgs};
 static void rrddCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *)
 {
-    $subname(*iocshPpdbbase);
+    iocshSetError($subname(*iocshPpdbbase));
 }
 
 } // extern "C"
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/libComRegister.c b/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/libComRegister.c
index b105ea12f..11396e984 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/libComRegister.c
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/libComRegister.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static const iocshFuncDef chdirFuncDef = {"cd",1,chdirArgs};
 static void chdirCallFunc(const iocshArgBuf *args)
 {
     if (args[0].sval == NULL ||
-        chdir(args[0].sval)) {
+        iocshSetError(chdir(args[0].sval))) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid directory path, ignored\n");
     }
 }