An immediate order was given to temples and shrines to pray for the subjugation of the rebellion and, on January 9, 940, MINAMOTO no Tsunemoto, who had been the one to secretly inform the Imperial Court of Masakado's rebellion, was bestowed the rank of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade).
直ちに諸社諸寺に調伏の祈祷が命じられ、翌天慶3年（940年）1月9日には先に将門謀反の密告をした源経基が賞されて従五位下に叙された。