#define GEN6_PCODE_MAILBOX                     _MMIO(0x138124)
 #define   GEN6_PCODE_READY                     (1<<31)
+#define   GEN6_PCODE_ERROR_MASK                        0xFF
+#define     GEN6_PCODE_SUCCESS                 0x0
+#define     GEN6_PCODE_ILLEGAL_CMD             0x1
+#define     GEN6_PCODE_MIN_FREQ_TABLE_GT_RATIO_OUT_OF_RANGE 0x2
+#define     GEN6_PCODE_TIMEOUT                 0x3
+#define     GEN6_PCODE_UNIMPLEMENTED_CMD       0xFF
+#define     GEN7_PCODE_TIMEOUT                 0x2
+#define     GEN7_PCODE_ILLEGAL_DATA            0x3
+#define     GEN7_PCODE_MIN_FREQ_TABLE_GT_RATIO_OUT_OF_RANGE 0x10
 #define          GEN6_PCODE_WRITE_RC6VIDS              0x4
 #define          GEN6_PCODE_READ_RC6VIDS               0x5
 #define     GEN6_ENCODE_RC6_VID(mv)            (((mv) - 245) / 5)
 
        }
 }
 
+static inline int gen6_check_mailbox_status(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+       uint32_t flags =
+               I915_READ_FW(GEN6_PCODE_MAILBOX) & GEN6_PCODE_ERROR_MASK;
+
+       switch (flags) {
+       case GEN6_PCODE_SUCCESS:
+               return 0;
+       case GEN6_PCODE_UNIMPLEMENTED_CMD:
+       case GEN6_PCODE_ILLEGAL_CMD:
+               return -ENXIO;
+       case GEN6_PCODE_MIN_FREQ_TABLE_GT_RATIO_OUT_OF_RANGE:
+               return -EOVERFLOW;
+       case GEN6_PCODE_TIMEOUT:
+               return -ETIMEDOUT;
+       default:
+               MISSING_CASE(flags)
+               return 0;
+       }
+}
+
+static inline int gen7_check_mailbox_status(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+       uint32_t flags =
+               I915_READ_FW(GEN6_PCODE_MAILBOX) & GEN6_PCODE_ERROR_MASK;
+
+       switch (flags) {
+       case GEN6_PCODE_SUCCESS:
+               return 0;
+       case GEN6_PCODE_ILLEGAL_CMD:
+               return -ENXIO;
+       case GEN7_PCODE_TIMEOUT:
+               return -ETIMEDOUT;
+       case GEN7_PCODE_ILLEGAL_DATA:
+               return -EINVAL;
+       case GEN7_PCODE_MIN_FREQ_TABLE_GT_RATIO_OUT_OF_RANGE:
+               return -EOVERFLOW;
+       default:
+               MISSING_CASE(flags);
+               return 0;
+       }
+}
+
 int sandybridge_pcode_read(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 mbox, u32 *val)
 {
+       int status;
+
        WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev_priv->rps.hw_lock));
 
        /* GEN6_PCODE_* are outside of the forcewake domain, we can
        *val = I915_READ_FW(GEN6_PCODE_DATA);
        I915_WRITE_FW(GEN6_PCODE_DATA, 0);
 
+       if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) > 6)
+               status = gen7_check_mailbox_status(dev_priv);
+       else
+               status = gen6_check_mailbox_status(dev_priv);
+
+       if (status) {
+               DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("warning: pcode (read) mailbox access failed: %d\n",
+                                status);
+               return status;
+       }
+
        return 0;
 }
 
 int sandybridge_pcode_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-                              u32 mbox, u32 val)
+                           u32 mbox, u32 val)
 {
+       int status;
+
        WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev_priv->rps.hw_lock));
 
        /* GEN6_PCODE_* are outside of the forcewake domain, we can
 
        I915_WRITE_FW(GEN6_PCODE_DATA, 0);
 
+       if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) > 6)
+               status = gen7_check_mailbox_status(dev_priv);
+       else
+               status = gen6_check_mailbox_status(dev_priv);
+
+       if (status) {
+               DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("warning: pcode (write) mailbox access failed: %d\n",
+                                status);
+               return status;
+       }
+
        return 0;
 }