diff --git a/libbb/loop.c b/libbb/loop.c
index 81dfca4d1..2f9d02924 100644
--- a/libbb/loop.c
+++ b/libbb/loop.c
@@ -90,23 +90,24 @@ int set_loop(char **device, const char *file, int offset)
 	bb_loop_info loopinfo;
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	int i, dfd, ffd, mode, rc=-1;
-
+	
 	/* Open the file.  Barf if this doesn't work.  */
 	if((ffd = open(file, mode=O_RDWR))<0 && (ffd = open(file,mode=O_RDONLY))<0)
-		return errno;
+		return -errno;
 
 	/* Find a loop device.  */
 	try=*device ? : dev;
 	for(i=0;rc;i++) {
 		sprintf(dev, LOOP_FORMAT, i);
+
 		/* Ran out of block devices, return failure.  */
 		if(stat(try, &statbuf) || !S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
-			rc=ENOENT;
+			rc=-ENOENT;
 			break;
 		}
 		/* Open the sucker and check its loopiness.  */
 		if((dfd=open(try, mode))<0 && errno==EROFS)
-			dfd=open(try,mode=O_RDONLY);
+			dfd=open(try, mode = O_RDONLY);
 		if(dfd<0) goto try_again;
 
 		rc=ioctl(dfd, BB_LOOP_GET_STATUS, &loopinfo);
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ int set_loop(char **device, const char *file, int offset)
 			if(!ioctl(dfd, LOOP_SET_FD, ffd) &&
 			   !ioctl(dfd, BB_LOOP_SET_STATUS, &loopinfo)) rc=0;
 			else ioctl(dfd, LOOP_CLR_FD, 0);
+
 		/* If this block device already set up right, re-use it.
 		   (Yes this is racy, but associating two loop devices with the same
 		   file isn't pretty either.  In general, mounting the same file twice
@@ -137,12 +139,3 @@ try_again:
 		return mode==O_RDONLY ? 1 : 0;
 	} else return rc;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/