diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.c
index 6d0e050ab7d9a80b406d73d96dd569822b774a31..974be3defa70912af96ee741dd9f3b836bcc0516 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.c
@@ -181,17 +181,17 @@ static int huc_ucode_xfer(struct intel_uc_fw *huc_fw, struct i915_vma *vma)
  * intel_huc_init_hw() - load HuC uCode to device
  * @huc: intel_huc structure
  *
- * Called from guc_setup() during driver loading and also after a GPU reset.
- * Be note that HuC loading must be done before GuC loading.
+ * Called from intel_uc_init_hw() during driver loading and also after a GPU
+ * reset. Be note that HuC loading must be done before GuC loading.
  *
  * The firmware image should have already been fetched into memory by the
- * earlier call to intel_huc_init(), so here we need only check that
+ * earlier call to intel_uc_init_fw(), so here we need only check that
  * is succeeded, and then transfer the image to the h/w.
  *
  */
-void intel_huc_init_hw(struct intel_huc *huc)
+int intel_huc_init_hw(struct intel_huc *huc)
 {
-	intel_uc_fw_upload(&huc->fw, huc_ucode_xfer);
+	return intel_uc_fw_upload(&huc->fw, huc_ucode_xfer);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void intel_huc_init_hw(struct intel_huc *huc)
  * signature through intel_guc_auth_huc(). It then waits for 50ms for
  * firmware verification ACK and unpins the object.
  */
-void intel_huc_auth(struct intel_huc *huc)
+int intel_huc_auth(struct intel_huc *huc)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = huc_to_i915(huc);
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &i915->guc;
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@ void intel_huc_auth(struct intel_huc *huc)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (huc->fw.load_status != INTEL_UC_FIRMWARE_SUCCESS)
-		return;
+		return -ENOEXEC;
 
 	vma = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(huc->fw.obj, NULL, 0, 0,
 				PIN_OFFSET_BIAS | GUC_WOPCM_TOP);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("failed to pin huc fw object %d\n",
-				(int)PTR_ERR(vma));
-		return;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
+		DRM_ERROR("HuC: Failed to pin huc fw object %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = intel_guc_auth_huc(guc,
@@ -243,4 +243,5 @@ void intel_huc_auth(struct intel_huc *huc)
 
 out:
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.h
index 3d757bce9ce3e9b370d00dd10518f16452d4522c..40039db59e04f5351cdf6bb3c21006ee044d5c91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct intel_huc {
 };
 
 void intel_huc_init_early(struct intel_huc *huc);
-void intel_huc_init_hw(struct intel_huc *huc);
-void intel_huc_auth(struct intel_huc *huc);
+int intel_huc_init_hw(struct intel_huc *huc);
+int intel_huc_auth(struct intel_huc *huc);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
index 7dfc7e07982f9af66fb3014b5e1ba4f26e64cacb..461047c86e0dd5abf4ea24e0d20ad79a5083df6e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ void intel_uc_init_fw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	if (!USES_GUC(dev_priv))
 		return;
 
-	intel_uc_fw_fetch(dev_priv, &dev_priv->huc.fw);
+	if (USES_HUC(dev_priv))
+		intel_uc_fw_fetch(dev_priv, &dev_priv->huc.fw);
+
 	intel_uc_fw_fetch(dev_priv, &dev_priv->guc.fw);
 }
 
@@ -129,7 +131,9 @@ void intel_uc_fini_fw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		return;
 
 	intel_uc_fw_fini(&dev_priv->guc.fw);
-	intel_uc_fw_fini(&dev_priv->huc.fw);
+
+	if (USES_HUC(dev_priv))
+		intel_uc_fw_fini(&dev_priv->huc.fw);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -186,6 +190,7 @@ static void guc_disable_communication(struct intel_guc *guc)
 int intel_uc_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &dev_priv->guc;
+	struct intel_huc *huc = &dev_priv->huc;
 	int ret, attempts;
 
 	if (!USES_GUC(dev_priv))
@@ -233,7 +238,12 @@ int intel_uc_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_submission;
 
-		intel_huc_init_hw(&dev_priv->huc);
+		if (USES_HUC(dev_priv)) {
+			ret = intel_huc_init_hw(huc);
+			if (ret)
+				goto err_submission;
+		}
+
 		intel_guc_init_params(guc);
 		ret = intel_guc_fw_upload(guc);
 		if (ret == 0 || ret != -EAGAIN)
@@ -251,7 +261,12 @@ int intel_uc_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_log_capture;
 
-	intel_huc_auth(&dev_priv->huc);
+	if (USES_HUC(dev_priv)) {
+		ret = intel_huc_auth(huc);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_communication;
+	}
+
 	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(dev_priv)) {
 		if (i915_modparams.guc_log_level >= 0)
 			gen9_enable_guc_interrupts(dev_priv);
@@ -265,6 +280,8 @@ int intel_uc_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		 guc->fw.major_ver_found, guc->fw.minor_ver_found);
 	dev_info(dev_priv->drm.dev, "GuC submission %s\n",
 		 enableddisabled(USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(dev_priv)));
+	dev_info(dev_priv->drm.dev, "HuC %s\n",
+		 enableddisabled(USES_HUC(dev_priv)));
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -272,8 +289,9 @@ int intel_uc_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	 * We've failed to load the firmware :(
 	 */
 err_interrupts:
-	guc_disable_communication(guc);
 	gen9_disable_guc_interrupts(dev_priv);
+err_communication:
+	guc_disable_communication(guc);
 err_log_capture:
 	guc_capture_load_err_log(guc);
 err_submission: