diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index a91b00f0..8a95f26a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ enum _alpm_errno_t {
 	ALPM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND,
 	ALPM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED,
 	ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID,
+	ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_CHECKSUM,
 	ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_SIG,
 	ALPM_ERR_PKG_OPEN,
 	ALPM_ERR_PKG_CANT_REMOVE,
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
index f80790cd..41b1eb2d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load_internal(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkgfile,
 		_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking md5sum for %s\n", pkgfile);
 		if(_alpm_test_md5sum(pkgfile, md5sum) != 0) {
 			alpm_pkg_free(newpkg);
-			RET_ERR(handle, ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID, NULL);
+			RET_ERR(handle, ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_CHECKSUM, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/error.c b/lib/libalpm/error.c
index 7e0e5c85..b3f56819 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/error.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/error.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(enum _alpm_errno_t err)
 		case ALPM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED:
 			return _("operation cancelled due to ignorepkg");
 		case ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID:
+			return _("invalid or corrupted package");
+		case ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_CHECKSUM:
 			return _("invalid or corrupted package (checksum)");
 		case ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_SIG:
 			return _("invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)");
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index ca7e6579..663fca6c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -677,24 +677,18 @@ static int apply_deltas(alpm_handle_t *handle)
  *
  * @param trans the transaction
  * @param filename the absolute path of the file to test
- * @param md5sum the expected md5sum of the file
  *
- * @return 0 if the md5sum matched, 1 if not, -1 in case of errors
+ * @return 1 if file was removed, 0 otherwise
  */
-static int test_md5sum(alpm_trans_t *trans, const char *filepath,
-		const char *md5sum)
+static int prompt_to_delete(alpm_trans_t *trans, const char *filepath)
 {
-	int ret = _alpm_test_md5sum(filepath, md5sum);
-	if(ret == 1) {
-		int doremove = 0;
-		QUESTION(trans, ALPM_TRANS_CONV_CORRUPTED_PKG, (char *)filepath,
-				NULL, NULL, &doremove);
-		if(doremove) {
-			unlink(filepath);
-		}
+	int doremove = 0;
+	QUESTION(trans, ALPM_TRANS_CONV_CORRUPTED_PKG, (char *)filepath,
+			NULL, NULL, &doremove);
+	if(doremove) {
+		unlink(filepath);
 	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return doremove;
 }
 
 static int validate_deltas(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
@@ -715,7 +709,9 @@ static int validate_deltas(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
 		alpm_delta_t *d = alpm_list_getdata(i);
 		char *filepath = _alpm_filecache_find(handle, d->delta);
 
-		if(test_md5sum(trans, filepath, d->delta_md5) != 0) {
+		ret = _alpm_test_md5sum(filepath, d->delta_md5);
+		if(ret != 0) {
+			prompt_to_delete(trans, filepath);
 			errors++;
 			*data = alpm_list_add(*data, strdup(d->delta));
 		}
@@ -903,6 +899,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 		alpm_pkg_t *pkgfile =_alpm_pkg_load_internal(handle, filepath, 1, spkg->md5sum,
 				spkg->base64_sig, level);
 		if(!pkgfile) {
+			prompt_to_delete(trans, filepath);
 			errors++;
 			*data = alpm_list_add(*data, strdup(filename));
 			FREE(filepath);
@@ -920,7 +917,10 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 
 	if(errors) {
-		RET_ERR(handle, ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID, -1);
+		if(!handle->pm_errno) {
+			RET_ERR(handle, ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID, -1);
+		}
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if(trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_DOWNLOADONLY) {
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index 3846b303..f4f8fc43 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -844,9 +844,11 @@ int sync_prepare_execute(void)
 				}
 				break;
 			case ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID:
+			case ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_CHECKSUM:
+			case ALPM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_SIG:
 			case ALPM_ERR_DLT_INVALID:
 				for(i = data; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
-					char *filename = alpm_list_getdata(i);
+					const char *filename = alpm_list_getdata(i);
 					printf(_("%s is invalid or corrupted\n"), filename);
 				}
 				break;