diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_dispc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_dispc.c
index 9ce452288c9e..591f0606f7f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_dispc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_dispc.c
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ static void dispc_init_errata(struct dispc_device *dispc)
 	}
 }
 
-static void dispc_softreset(struct dispc_device *dispc)
+static int dispc_softreset(struct dispc_device *dispc)
 {
 	u32 val;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -2663,8 +2663,12 @@ static void dispc_softreset(struct dispc_device *dispc)
 	/* Wait for reset to complete */
 	ret = readl_poll_timeout(dispc->base_common + DSS_SYSSTATUS,
 				 val, val & 1, 100, 5000);
-	if (ret)
-		dev_warn(dispc->dev, "failed to reset dispc\n");
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dispc->dev, "failed to reset dispc\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int dispc_init(struct tidss_device *tidss)
@@ -2775,8 +2779,11 @@ int dispc_init(struct tidss_device *tidss)
 			     &dispc->memory_bandwidth_limit);
 
 	/* K2G display controller does not support soft reset */
-	if (feat->subrev != DISPC_K2G)
-		dispc_softreset(dispc);
+	if (feat->subrev != DISPC_K2G) {
+		r = dispc_softreset(dispc);
+		if (r)
+			return r;
+	}
 
 	tidss->dispc = dispc;