diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 38dcee1ca062483272948bce3a7d9af2b4c83a7d..40a61ef9aac18bdee413df26a9ac6eb9b6a257aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -984,8 +984,8 @@ static int i915_gpu_info_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	intel_runtime_pm_get(i915);
 	gpu = i915_capture_gpu_state(i915);
 	intel_runtime_pm_put(i915);
-	if (!gpu)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(gpu))
+		return PTR_ERR(gpu);
 
 	file->private_data = gpu;
 	return 0;
@@ -1018,7 +1018,13 @@ i915_error_state_write(struct file *filp,
 
 static int i915_error_state_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	file->private_data = i915_first_error_state(inode->i_private);
+	struct i915_gpu_state *error;
+
+	error = i915_first_error_state(inode->i_private);
+	if (IS_ERR(error))
+		return PTR_ERR(error);
+
+	file->private_data  = error;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 07465123c1663c61818fc1b63c1c04cab782ba06..3f9ce403c755961946d10c0ecb7c932dc569f914 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1907,9 +1907,16 @@ i915_capture_gpu_state(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct i915_gpu_state *error;
 
+	/* Check if GPU capture has been disabled */
+	error = READ_ONCE(i915->gpu_error.first_error);
+	if (IS_ERR(error))
+		return error;
+
 	error = kzalloc(sizeof(*error), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!error)
-		return NULL;
+	if (!error) {
+		i915_disable_error_state(i915, -ENOMEM);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	kref_init(&error->ref);
 	error->i915 = i915;
@@ -1945,11 +1952,8 @@ void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		return;
 
 	error = i915_capture_gpu_state(i915);
-	if (!error) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("out of memory, not capturing error state\n");
-		i915_disable_error_state(i915, -ENOMEM);
+	if (IS_ERR(error))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	i915_error_capture_msg(i915, error, engine_mask, error_msg);
 	DRM_INFO("%s\n", error->error_msg);
@@ -1987,7 +1991,7 @@ i915_first_error_state(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&i915->gpu_error.lock);
 	error = i915->gpu_error.first_error;
-	if (error)
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(error))
 		i915_gpu_state_get(error);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&i915->gpu_error.lock);
 
@@ -2000,10 +2004,11 @@ void i915_reset_error_state(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&i915->gpu_error.lock);
 	error = i915->gpu_error.first_error;
-	i915->gpu_error.first_error = NULL;
+	if (error != ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)) /* if disabled, always disabled */
+		i915->gpu_error.first_error = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&i915->gpu_error.lock);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(error))
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(error))
 		i915_gpu_state_put(error);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
index 535caebd9813af5d82701b1d7e47b987563cd608..c0cfe7ae2ba5aecbe3daaf8bccce3eee362753a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
@@ -521,7 +521,9 @@ static ssize_t error_state_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	gpu = i915_first_error_state(i915);
-	if (gpu) {
+	if (IS_ERR(gpu)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(gpu);
+	} else if (gpu) {
 		ret = i915_gpu_state_copy_to_buffer(gpu, buf, off, count);
 		i915_gpu_state_put(gpu);
 	} else {