diff --git a/sys/cam/ctl/ctl.c b/sys/cam/ctl/ctl.c
index ee30d515a46b..9d214171fa0f 100644
--- a/sys/cam/ctl/ctl.c
+++ b/sys/cam/ctl/ctl.c
@@ -5211,8 +5211,7 @@ ctl_scsi_release(struct ctl_scsiio *ctsio)
 
 	mtx_unlock(&lun->lun_lock);
 
-	ctsio->scsi_status = SCSI_STATUS_OK;
-	ctsio->io_hdr.status = CTL_SUCCESS;
+	ctl_set_success(ctsio);
 
 	if (ctsio->io_hdr.flags & CTL_FLAG_ALLOCATED) {
 		free(ctsio->kern_data_ptr, M_CTL);
@@ -5299,8 +5298,7 @@ ctl_scsi_reserve(struct ctl_scsiio *ctsio)
 	lun->flags |= CTL_LUN_RESERVED;
 	lun->res_idx = residx;
 
-	ctsio->scsi_status = SCSI_STATUS_OK;
-	ctsio->io_hdr.status = CTL_SUCCESS;
+	ctl_set_success(ctsio);
 
 bailout:
 	mtx_unlock(&lun->lun_lock);
@@ -5610,8 +5608,7 @@ ctl_format(struct ctl_scsiio *ctsio)
 	lun->flags &= ~CTL_LUN_INOPERABLE;
 	mtx_unlock(&lun->lun_lock);
 
-	ctsio->scsi_status = SCSI_STATUS_OK;
-	ctsio->io_hdr.status = CTL_SUCCESS;
+	ctl_set_success(ctsio);
 bailout:
 
 	if (ctsio->io_hdr.flags & CTL_FLAG_ALLOCATED) {
@@ -9600,9 +9597,7 @@ ctl_tur(struct ctl_scsiio *ctsio)
 
 	CTL_DEBUG_PRINT(("ctl_tur\n"));
 
-	ctsio->scsi_status = SCSI_STATUS_OK;
-	ctsio->io_hdr.status = CTL_SUCCESS;
-
+	ctl_set_success(ctsio);
 	ctl_done((union ctl_io *)ctsio);
 
 	return (CTL_RETVAL_COMPLETE);
diff --git a/sys/cam/ctl/ctl_backend_ramdisk.c b/sys/cam/ctl/ctl_backend_ramdisk.c
index 5f45035148d5..353245980c68 100644
--- a/sys/cam/ctl/ctl_backend_ramdisk.c
+++ b/sys/cam/ctl/ctl_backend_ramdisk.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ ctl_backend_ramdisk_move_done(union ctl_io *io)
 			    &be_lun->io_task);
 			return (0);
 		}
-		io->io_hdr.status = CTL_SUCCESS;
+		ctl_set_success(&io->scsiio);
 	} else if ((io->io_hdr.port_status != 0)
 	      && ((io->io_hdr.flags & CTL_FLAG_ABORT) == 0)
 	      && ((io->io_hdr.status & CTL_STATUS_MASK) == CTL_STATUS_NONE)){