while (*((unsigned int *)psp->fence_buf) != index) {
                if (--timeout == 0)
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       break;
                msleep(1);
        }
 
         * during psp initialization to avoid breaking hw_init and it doesn't
         * return -EINVAL.
         */
-       if (psp->cmd_buf_mem->resp.status) {
+       if (psp->cmd_buf_mem->resp.status || !timeout) {
                if (ucode)
                        DRM_WARN("failed to load ucode id (%d) ",
                                  ucode->ucode_id);
                DRM_WARN("psp command failed and response status is (%d)\n",
                          psp->cmd_buf_mem->resp.status);
+               if (!timeout)
+                       return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        /* get xGMI session id from response buffer */
 
        if (!amdgpu_sriov_vf(adev) || !adev->in_gpu_reset) {
                ret = psp_bootloader_load_sysdrv(psp);
-               if (ret)
+               if (ret) {
+                       DRM_ERROR("PSP load sysdrv failed!\n");
                        return ret;
+               }
 
                ret = psp_bootloader_load_sos(psp);
-               if (ret)
+               if (ret) {
+                       DRM_ERROR("PSP load sos failed!\n");
                        return ret;
+               }
        }
 
        ret = psp_ring_create(psp, PSP_RING_TYPE__KM);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               DRM_ERROR("PSP create ring failed!\n");
                return ret;
+       }
 
        ret = psp_tmr_load(psp);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               DRM_ERROR("PSP load tmr failed!\n");
                return ret;
+       }
 
        ret = psp_asd_load(psp);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               DRM_ERROR("PSP load asd failed!\n");
                return ret;
+       }
 
        if (adev->gmc.xgmi.num_physical_nodes > 1) {
                ret = psp_xgmi_initialize(psp);
        memset(psp->fence_buf, 0, PSP_FENCE_BUFFER_SIZE);
 
        ret = psp_ring_init(psp, PSP_RING_TYPE__KM);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               DRM_ERROR("PSP ring init failed!\n");
                goto failed_mem;
+       }
 
        ret = psp_tmr_init(psp);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               DRM_ERROR("PSP tmr init failed!\n");
                goto failed_mem;
+       }
 
        ret = psp_asd_init(psp);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               DRM_ERROR("PSP asd init failed!\n");
                goto failed_mem;
+       }
 
 skip_memalloc:
        ret = psp_hw_start(psp);