diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index a931dc0bff..6431efe56b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ API Changes
   ``rte_rawdev_info_get()``,
   allowing limited driver type-checking and ABI compatibility.
 
+* rawdev: Changed the return type of the function ``rte_dev_info_get()``
+  from ``void`` to ``int`` allowing the return of error codes from drivers.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
index 47cfa38778..32a2b96c90 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga/ifpga_rawdev.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ ifpga_fill_afu_dev(struct opae_accelerator *acc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 		      rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 		      size_t dev_info_size)
@@ -620,12 +620,12 @@ ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 	if (!dev_info || dev_info_size != sizeof(*afu_dev)) {
 		IFPGA_RAWDEV_PMD_ERR("Invalid request");
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	adapter = ifpga_rawdev_get_priv(dev);
 	if (!adapter)
-		return;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	afu_dev = dev_info;
 	afu_dev->rawdev = dev;
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 		if (ifpga_fill_afu_dev(acc, afu_dev)) {
 			IFPGA_RAWDEV_PMD_ERR("cannot get info\n");
-			return;
+			return -ENOENT;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -647,21 +647,21 @@ ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 		/* get LineSide BAR Index */
 		if (opae_manager_get_eth_group_region_info(mgr, 0,
 			&opae_lside_eth_info)) {
-			return;
+			return -ENOENT;
 		}
 		lside_bar_idx = opae_lside_eth_info.mem_idx;
 
 		/* get NICSide BAR Index */
 		if (opae_manager_get_eth_group_region_info(mgr, 1,
 			&opae_nside_eth_info)) {
-			return;
+			return -ENOENT;
 		}
 		nside_bar_idx = opae_nside_eth_info.mem_idx;
 
 		if (lside_bar_idx >= PCI_MAX_RESOURCE ||
 			nside_bar_idx >= PCI_MAX_RESOURCE ||
 			lside_bar_idx == nside_bar_idx)
-			return;
+			return -ENOENT;
 
 		/* fill LineSide BAR Index */
 		afu_dev->mem_resource[lside_bar_idx].phys_addr =
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ ifpga_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 		afu_dev->mem_resource[nside_bar_idx].addr =
 			opae_nside_eth_info.addr;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
index a5c0452d7e..e2fc787263 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
@@ -110,15 +110,18 @@ ioat_dev_stop(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
 	RTE_SET_USED(dev);
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 ioat_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 		size_t dev_info_size)
 {
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config *cfg = dev_info;
 	struct rte_ioat_rawdev *ioat = dev->dev_private;
 
-	if (cfg != NULL && dev_info_size == sizeof(*cfg))
-		cfg->ring_size = ioat->ring_size;
+	if (dev_info == NULL || dev_info_size != sizeof(*cfg))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cfg->ring_size = ioat->ring_size;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const char * const xstat_names[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
index c890c43a32..ced5b6d624 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ ntb_dequeue_bufs(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 	return nb_rx;
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 		size_t dev_info_size)
 {
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 
 	if (dev_info_size != sizeof(*info)) {
 		NTB_LOG(ERR, "Invalid size parameter to %s", __func__);
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	info->mw_cnt = hw->mw_cnt;
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 
 	if (!hw->queue_size || !hw->queue_pairs) {
 		NTB_LOG(ERR, "No queue size and queue num assigned.");
-		return;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	hw->hdr_size_per_queue = RTE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ntb_header) +
@@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ ntb_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 				hw->queue_size * sizeof(struct ntb_used),
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	info->ntb_hdr_size = hw->hdr_size_per_queue * hw->queue_pairs;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
index dc05f3ecf8..dce300c358 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/skeleton_rawdev.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct queue_buffers {
 static struct queue_buffers queue_buf[SKELETON_MAX_QUEUES] = {};
 static void clear_queue_bufs(int queue_id);
 
-static void skeleton_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
+static int skeleton_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 				     rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 				     size_t dev_info_size)
 {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void skeleton_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 
 	if (!dev_info || dev_info_size != sizeof(*skeldev_conf)) {
 		SKELETON_PMD_ERR("Invalid request");
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	skeldev = skeleton_rawdev_get_priv(dev);
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static void skeleton_rawdev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 	skeldev_conf->capabilities = skeldev->capabilities;
 	skeldev_conf->device_state = skeldev->device_state;
 	skeldev_conf->firmware_state = skeldev->fw.firmware_state;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int skeleton_rawdev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev,
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
index a576890356..bde33763ee 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
 		size_t dev_private_size)
 {
 	struct rte_rawdev *rawdev;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	RTE_RAWDEV_VALID_DEVID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
 	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(dev_info, -EINVAL);
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
 
 	if (dev_info->dev_private != NULL) {
 		RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get, -ENOTSUP);
-		(*rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get)(rawdev, dev_info->dev_private,
+		ret = (*rawdev->dev_ops->dev_info_get)(rawdev,
+				dev_info->dev_private,
 				dev_private_size);
 	}
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ rte_rawdev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_rawdev_info *dev_info,
 	dev_info->device = rawdev->device;
 	dev_info->socket_id = rawdev->socket_id;
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
index 0e72a92058..89e46412a3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev_pmd.h
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ rte_rawdev_pmd_is_valid_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
  *   The size of the structure pointed to by dev_info->dev_private
  *
  * @return
- *   Returns 0 on success
+ *   Returns 0 on success, negative error code on failure
  */
-typedef void (*rawdev_info_get_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
+typedef int (*rawdev_info_get_t)(struct rte_rawdev *dev,
 				  rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info,
 				  size_t dev_private_size);
 
