adev = xcp_mgr->adev;
        num_xcc = NUM_XCC(adev->gfx.xcc_mask);
 
-       if (mode == AMDGPU_AUTO_COMPUTE_PARTITION_MODE)
+       if (mode == AMDGPU_AUTO_COMPUTE_PARTITION_MODE) {
                mode = __aqua_vanjaram_get_auto_mode(xcp_mgr);
-       else if (!__aqua_vanjaram_is_valid_mode(xcp_mgr, mode))
+       } else if (!__aqua_vanjaram_is_valid_mode(xcp_mgr, mode)) {
+               dev_err(adev->dev,
+                       "Invalid compute partition mode requested, requested: %s, available memory partitions: %d",
+                       amdgpu_gfx_compute_mode_desc(mode), adev->gmc.num_mem_partitions);
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        if (adev->kfd.init_complete)
                flags |= AMDGPU_XCP_OPS_KFD;
 
        if (amdgpu_xcp_query_partition_mode(adev->xcp_mgr,
                                            AMDGPU_XCP_FL_NONE) ==
            AMDGPU_UNKNOWN_COMPUTE_PARTITION_MODE)
-               amdgpu_xcp_switch_partition_mode(adev->xcp_mgr, amdgpu_user_partt_mode);
+               r = amdgpu_xcp_switch_partition_mode(adev->xcp_mgr,
+                                                    amdgpu_user_partt_mode);
+
+       if (r)
+               return r;
 
        num_xcc = NUM_XCC(adev->gfx.xcc_mask);
        for (i = 0; i < num_xcc; i++) {