diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d7aad1fa82..383094f897 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 4267.	[test]		Check sdlz error handling. [RT #41142]
 
-4266.	[placeholder]
+4266.	[bug]		The sdlz driver failed pass some errors back to the
+			caller. [RT #41142]
 
 4265.	[bug]		Address unchecked isc_mem_get calls. [RT #41187]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/sdlz.c b/lib/dns/sdlz.c
index 3b245419d0..e705320217 100644
--- a/lib/dns/sdlz.c
+++ b/lib/dns/sdlz.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ findnodeext(dns_db_t *db, dns_name_t *name, isc_boolean_t create,
 	 * if the host (namestr) was not found, try to lookup a
 	 * "wildcard" host.
 	 */
-	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS && !create)
+	if (result == ISC_R_NOTFOUND && !create)
 		result = sdlz->dlzimp->methods->lookup(zonestr, "*",
 						       sdlz->dlzimp->driverarg,
 						       sdlz->dbdata, node,
@@ -614,7 +614,10 @@ findnodeext(dns_db_t *db, dns_name_t *name, isc_boolean_t create,
 
 	MAYBE_UNLOCK(sdlz->dlzimp);
 
-	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS && !isorigin && !create) {
+	if (result == ISC_R_NOTFOUND && (isorigin || create))
+		result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+
+	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
 		destroynode(node);
 		return (result);
 	}
@@ -879,10 +882,11 @@ findext(dns_db_t *db, dns_name_t *name, dns_dbversion_t *version,
 		dns_name_getlabelsequence(name, nlabels - i, i, xname);
 		result = findnodeext(db, xname, ISC_FALSE,
 				     methods, clientinfo, &node);
-		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
+		if (result == ISC_R_NOTFOUND) {
 			result = DNS_R_NXDOMAIN;
 			continue;
-		}
+		} else if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			break;
 
 		/*
 		 * Look for a DNAME at the current label, unless this is