diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c
index 6fa714c587b4f95b951ac22124af8b2a0a69b5b5..3a016f43fb85698182954406ad4b5022060aeecf 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7879.c
@@ -246,11 +246,14 @@ static void ad7879_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 static irqreturn_t ad7879_irq(int irq, void *handle)
 {
 	struct ad7879 *ts = handle;
+	int error;
 
-	regmap_bulk_read(ts->regmap, AD7879_REG_XPLUS,
-			 ts->conversion_data, AD7879_NR_SENSE);
-
-	if (!ad7879_report(ts))
+	error = regmap_bulk_read(ts->regmap, AD7879_REG_XPLUS,
+				 ts->conversion_data, AD7879_NR_SENSE);
+	if (error)
+		dev_err_ratelimited(ts->dev, "failed to read %#02x: %d\n",
+				    AD7879_REG_XPLUS, error);
+	else if (!ad7879_report(ts))
 		mod_timer(&ts->timer, jiffies + TS_PEN_UP_TIMEOUT);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;