diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c
index bac06e3d6f2c..27b09ba1d295 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ int intel_guc_init(struct intel_guc *guc)
 err_fw:
 	intel_uc_fw_fini(&guc->fw);
 out:
+	intel_uc_fw_change_status(&guc->fw, INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_INIT_FAIL);
 	i915_probe_error(gt->i915, "failed with %d\n", ret);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c
index 5f2144c78f8a..4d1cc383b681 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ int intel_huc_init(struct intel_huc *huc)
 	return 0;
 
 out:
+	intel_uc_fw_change_status(&huc->fw, INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_INIT_FAIL);
 	drm_info(&i915->drm, "HuC init failed with %d\n", err);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -404,13 +405,8 @@ bool intel_huc_is_authenticated(struct intel_huc *huc)
  * This function reads status register to verify if HuC
  * firmware was successfully loaded.
  *
- * Returns:
- *  * -ENODEV if HuC is not present on this platform,
- *  * -EOPNOTSUPP if HuC firmware is disabled,
- *  * -ENOPKG if HuC firmware was not installed,
- *  * -ENOEXEC if HuC firmware is invalid or mismatched,
- *  * 0 if HuC firmware is not running,
- *  * 1 if HuC firmware is authenticated and running.
+ * The return values match what is expected for the I915_PARAM_HUC_STATUS
+ * getparam.
  */
 int intel_huc_check_status(struct intel_huc *huc)
 {
@@ -423,6 +419,10 @@ int intel_huc_check_status(struct intel_huc *huc)
 		return -ENOPKG;
 	case INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_ERROR:
 		return -ENOEXEC;
+	case INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_INIT_FAIL:
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	case INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_LOAD_FAIL:
+		return -EIO;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
index b91ad4aede1f..9fae911026d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@ int intel_uc_fw_init(struct intel_uc_fw *uc_fw)
 out_unpin:
 	i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(uc_fw->obj);
 out:
-	intel_uc_fw_change_status(uc_fw, INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_INIT_FAIL);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 520ad2691a99..629198f1d8d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -645,6 +645,22 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_irq_wait {
  */
 #define   I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_STATIC_PRIORITY_MAP	(1ul << 5)
 
+/*
+ * Query the status of HuC load.
+ *
+ * The query can fail in the following scenarios with the listed error codes:
+ *  -ENODEV if HuC is not present on this platform,
+ *  -EOPNOTSUPP if HuC firmware usage is disabled,
+ *  -ENOPKG if HuC firmware fetch failed,
+ *  -ENOEXEC if HuC firmware is invalid or mismatched,
+ *  -ENOMEM if i915 failed to prepare the FW objects for transfer to the uC,
+ *  -EIO if the FW transfer or the FW authentication failed.
+ *
+ * If the IOCTL is successful, the returned parameter will be set to one of the
+ * following values:
+ *  * 0 if HuC firmware load is not complete,
+ *  * 1 if HuC firmware is authenticated and running.
+ */
 #define I915_PARAM_HUC_STATUS		 42
 
 /* Query whether DRM_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2 supports the ability to opt-out of