diff --git a/lib/backend.py b/lib/backend.py
index f2ac504f7da2fa8c3dae9667bd98d4fef836daa5..08b65aabf0f7b65be771232cd400ce103872b434 100644
--- a/lib/backend.py
+++ b/lib/backend.py
@@ -1780,8 +1780,8 @@ def ExportSnapshot(disk, dest_node, instance, cluster_name, idx):
     os.mkdir(constants.LOG_OS_DIR, 0750)
   real_disk = _RecursiveFindBD(disk)
   if real_disk is None:
-    raise errors.BlockDeviceError("Block device '%s' is not set up" %
-                                  str(disk))
+    _Fail("Block device '%s' is not set up", disk)
+
   real_disk.Open()
 
   export_env['EXPORT_DEVICE'] = real_disk.dev_path
@@ -1810,11 +1810,10 @@ def ExportSnapshot(disk, dest_node, instance, cluster_name, idx):
   result = utils.RunCmd(command, env=export_env)
 
   if result.failed:
-    logging.error("os snapshot export command '%s' returned error: %s"
-                  " output: %s", command, result.fail_reason, result.output)
-    return False
+    _Fail("OS snapshot export command '%s' returned error: %s"
+          " output: %s", command, result.fail_reason, result.output)
 
-  return True
+  return (True, None)
 
 
 def FinalizeExport(instance, snap_disks):
diff --git a/lib/cmdlib.py b/lib/cmdlib.py
index e4e7b7186358f00431998e85d052a14034f074a3..4d9502faba0a42bda1e04ab659750e316f8943b3 100644
--- a/lib/cmdlib.py
+++ b/lib/cmdlib.py
@@ -6491,10 +6491,11 @@ class LUExportInstance(LogicalUnit):
       if dev:
         result = self.rpc.call_snapshot_export(src_node, dev, dst_node.name,
                                                instance, cluster_name, idx)
-        if result.failed or not result.data:
+        msg = result.RemoteFailMsg()
+        if msg:
           self.LogWarning("Could not export block device %s from node %s to"
-                          " node %s", dev.logical_id[1], src_node,
-                          dst_node.name)
+                          " node %s: %s", dev.logical_id[1], src_node,
+                          dst_node.name, msg)
         msg = self.rpc.call_blockdev_remove(src_node, dev).RemoteFailMsg()
         if msg:
           self.LogWarning("Could not remove snapshot block device %s from node"