diff --git a/bl2/bl2_main.c b/bl2/bl2_main.c
index 71940a6..404744b 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2_main.c
+++ b/bl2/bl2_main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <auth_mod.h>
 #include <bl_common.h>
 #include <debug.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <platform.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@
 
 	e = load_bl32(bl2_to_bl31_params);
 	if (e) {
-		if (e == LOAD_AUTH_ERR) {
+		if (e == -EAUTH) {
 			ERROR("Failed to authenticate BL3-2\n");
 			panic();
 		} else {
diff --git a/common/bl_common.c b/common/bl_common.c
index 73c615e..91a0ae8 100644
--- a/common/bl_common.c
+++ b/common/bl_common.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 	uintptr_t image_spec;
 	size_t image_size;
 	size_t bytes_read;
-	int io_result = IO_FAIL;
+	int io_result;
 
 	assert(mem_layout != NULL);
 	assert(image_data != NULL);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
 	/* Obtain a reference to the image by querying the platform layer */
 	io_result = plat_get_image_source(image_id, &dev_handle, &image_spec);
-	if (io_result != IO_SUCCESS) {
+	if (io_result != 0) {
 		WARN("Failed to obtain reference to image id=%u (%i)\n",
 			image_id, io_result);
 		return io_result;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 
 	/* Attempt to access the image */
 	io_result = io_open(dev_handle, image_spec, &image_handle);
-	if (io_result != IO_SUCCESS) {
+	if (io_result != 0) {
 		WARN("Failed to access image id=%u (%i)\n",
 			image_id, io_result);
 		return io_result;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 
 	/* Find the size of the image */
 	io_result = io_size(image_handle, &image_size);
-	if ((io_result != IO_SUCCESS) || (image_size == 0)) {
+	if ((io_result != 0) || (image_size == 0)) {
 		WARN("Failed to determine the size of the image id=%u (%i)\n",
 			image_id, io_result);
 		goto exit;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 	/* We have enough space so load the image now */
 	/* TODO: Consider whether to try to recover/retry a partially successful read */
 	io_result = io_read(image_handle, image_base, image_size, &bytes_read);
-	if ((io_result != IO_SUCCESS) || (bytes_read < image_size)) {
+	if ((io_result != 0) || (bytes_read < image_size)) {
 		WARN("Failed to load image id=%u (%i)\n", image_id, io_result);
 		goto exit;
 	}
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 	if (rc == 0) {
 		rc = load_auth_image(mem_layout, parent_id, image_base,
 				     image_data, NULL);
-		if (rc != LOAD_SUCCESS) {
+		if (rc != 0) {
 			return rc;
 		}
 	}
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@
 	/* Load the image */
 	rc = load_image(mem_layout, image_id, image_base, image_data,
 			entry_point_info);
-	if (rc != IO_SUCCESS) {
-		return LOAD_ERR;
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 #if TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 		       image_data->image_size);
 		flush_dcache_range(image_data->image_base,
 				   image_data->image_size);
-		return LOAD_AUTH_ERR;
+		return -EAUTH;
 	}
 
 	/* After working with data, invalidate the data cache */
@@ -350,5 +350,5 @@
 			(size_t)image_data->image_size);
 #endif /* TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT */
 
-	return LOAD_SUCCESS;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/common/bl_common.h b/include/common/bl_common.h
index 164377f..c687b35 100644
--- a/include/common/bl_common.h
+++ b/include/common/bl_common.h
@@ -202,15 +202,6 @@
 	image_info_t *bl33_image_info;
 } bl31_params_t;
 
-/*
- * load_auth_image() return values
- */
-enum {
-	LOAD_SUCCESS,		/* Load + authentication success */
-	LOAD_ERR,		/* Load error */
-	LOAD_AUTH_ERR		/* Authentication error */
-};
-
 
 /*
  * Compile time assertions related to the 'entry_point_info' structure to