diff --git a/storage-manager/src/S3Storage.cpp b/storage-manager/src/S3Storage.cpp
index 0195341e4..1113768c8 100644
--- a/storage-manager/src/S3Storage.cpp
+++ b/storage-manager/src/S3Storage.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ int S3Storage::getObject(const string &_sourceKey, boost::shared_array<uint8_t>
                     s3err_msgs[err], bucket.c_str(), sourceKey.c_str());
             if (skipRetryableErrors)
             {
+                errno = EAGAIN;
                 return -1;
             }
             sleep(5);
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ int S3Storage::putObject(const boost::shared_array<uint8_t> data, size_t len, co
                     "  Retrying...", s3err_msgs[s3err], bucket.c_str(), destKey.c_str());
             if (skipRetryableErrors)
             {
+                errno = EAGAIN;
                 return -1;
             }
             sleep(5);
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ int S3Storage::deleteObject(const string &_key)
                     s3err_msgs[s3err], bucket.c_str(), key.c_str());
             if (skipRetryableErrors)
             {
+                errno = EAGAIN;
                 return -1;
             }
             sleep(5);
@@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ int S3Storage::copyObject(const string &_sourceKey, const string &_destKey)
                     " destkey = %s.  Retrying...", s3err_msgs[s3err], bucket.c_str(), sourceKey.c_str(), destKey.c_str());
             if (skipRetryableErrors)
             {
+                errno = EAGAIN;
                 return -1;
             }
             sleep(5);
@@ -465,6 +469,7 @@ int S3Storage::exists(const string &_key, bool *out)
                     s3err_msgs[s3err], bucket.c_str(), key.c_str());
             if (skipRetryableErrors)
             {
+                errno = EAGAIN;
                 return -1;
             }
             sleep(5);