diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 90efca025d27..e796140d93f0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARM) || defined (CONFIG_ARM64)
 	struct cper_sec_proc_arm *err = acpi_hest_get_payload(gdata);
 	int flags = sync ? MF_ACTION_REQUIRED : 0;
+	char error_type[120];
 	int sec_sev, i;
 	char *p;
 
@@ -546,9 +547,8 @@ static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 	p = (char *)(err + 1);
 	for (i = 0; i < err->err_info_num; i++) {
 		struct cper_arm_err_info *err_info = (struct cper_arm_err_info *)p;
-		bool is_cache = (err_info->type == CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR);
+		bool is_cache = err_info->type & CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR;
 		bool has_pa = (err_info->validation_bits & CPER_ARM_INFO_VALID_PHYSICAL_ADDR);
-		const char *error_type = "unknown error";
 
 		/*
 		 * The field (err_info->error_info & BIT(26)) is fixed to set to
@@ -562,12 +562,15 @@ static bool ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (err_info->type < ARRAY_SIZE(cper_proc_error_type_strs))
-			error_type = cper_proc_error_type_strs[err_info->type];
+		cper_bits_to_str(error_type, sizeof(error_type),
+				 FIELD_GET(CPER_ARM_ERR_TYPE_MASK, err_info->type),
+				 cper_proc_error_type_strs,
+				 ARRAY_SIZE(cper_proc_error_type_strs));
 
 		pr_warn_ratelimited(FW_WARN GHES_PFX
-				    "Unhandled processor error type: %s\n",
-				    error_type);
+				    "Unhandled processor error type 0x%02x: %s%s\n",
+				    err_info->type, error_type,
+				    (err_info->type & ~CPER_ARM_ERR_TYPE_MASK) ? " with reserved bit(s)" : "");
 		p += err_info->length;
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper-arm.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper-arm.c
index eb7ee6af55f2..52d18490b59e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper-arm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper-arm.c
@@ -93,15 +93,11 @@ static void cper_print_arm_err_info(const char *pfx, u32 type,
 	bool proc_context_corrupt, corrected, precise_pc, restartable_pc;
 	bool time_out, access_mode;
 
-	/* If the type is unknown, bail. */
-	if (type > CPER_ARM_MAX_TYPE)
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * Vendor type errors have error information values that are vendor
 	 * specific.
 	 */
-	if (type == CPER_ARM_VENDOR_ERROR)
+	if (type & CPER_ARM_VENDOR_ERROR)
 		return;
 
 	if (error_info & CPER_ARM_ERR_VALID_TRANSACTION_TYPE) {
@@ -116,43 +112,38 @@ static void cper_print_arm_err_info(const char *pfx, u32 type,
 	if (error_info & CPER_ARM_ERR_VALID_OPERATION_TYPE) {
 		op_type = ((error_info >> CPER_ARM_ERR_OPERATION_SHIFT)
 			   & CPER_ARM_ERR_OPERATION_MASK);
-		switch (type) {
-		case CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR:
+		if (type & CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR) {
 			if (op_type < ARRAY_SIZE(arm_cache_err_op_strs)) {
-				printk("%soperation type: %s\n", pfx,
+				printk("%scache error, operation type: %s\n", pfx,
 				       arm_cache_err_op_strs[op_type]);
 			}
-			break;
-		case CPER_ARM_TLB_ERROR:
+		}
+		if (type & CPER_ARM_TLB_ERROR) {
 			if (op_type < ARRAY_SIZE(arm_tlb_err_op_strs)) {
-				printk("%soperation type: %s\n", pfx,
+				printk("%sTLB error, operation type: %s\n", pfx,
 				       arm_tlb_err_op_strs[op_type]);
 			}
-			break;
-		case CPER_ARM_BUS_ERROR:
+		}
+		if (type & CPER_ARM_BUS_ERROR) {
 			if (op_type < ARRAY_SIZE(arm_bus_err_op_strs)) {
-				printk("%soperation type: %s\n", pfx,
+				printk("%sbus error, operation type: %s\n", pfx,
 				       arm_bus_err_op_strs[op_type]);
 			}
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (error_info & CPER_ARM_ERR_VALID_LEVEL) {
 		level = ((error_info >> CPER_ARM_ERR_LEVEL_SHIFT)
 			 & CPER_ARM_ERR_LEVEL_MASK);
-		switch (type) {
-		case CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR:
+		if (type & CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR)
 			printk("%scache level: %d\n", pfx, level);
-			break;
-		case CPER_ARM_TLB_ERROR:
+
+		if (type & CPER_ARM_TLB_ERROR)
 			printk("%sTLB level: %d\n", pfx, level);
-			break;
-		case CPER_ARM_BUS_ERROR:
+
+		if (type & CPER_ARM_BUS_ERROR)
 			printk("%saffinity level at which the bus error occurred: %d\n",
 			       pfx, level);
-			break;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (error_info & CPER_ARM_ERR_VALID_PROC_CONTEXT_CORRUPT) {
@@ -241,6 +232,7 @@ void cper_print_proc_arm(const char *pfx,
 	struct cper_arm_err_info *err_info;
 	struct cper_arm_ctx_info *ctx_info;
 	char newpfx[64], infopfx[ARRAY_SIZE(newpfx) + 1];
+	char error_type[120];
 
 	printk("%sMIDR: 0x%016llx\n", pfx, proc->midr);
 
@@ -289,9 +281,15 @@ void cper_print_proc_arm(const char *pfx,
 				       newpfx);
 		}
 
-		printk("%serror_type: %d, %s\n", newpfx, err_info->type,
-			err_info->type < ARRAY_SIZE(cper_proc_error_type_strs) ?
-			cper_proc_error_type_strs[err_info->type] : "unknown");
+		cper_bits_to_str(error_type, sizeof(error_type),
+				 FIELD_GET(CPER_ARM_ERR_TYPE_MASK, err_info->type),
+				 cper_proc_error_type_strs,
+				 ARRAY_SIZE(cper_proc_error_type_strs));
+
+		printk("%serror_type: 0x%02x: %s%s\n", newpfx, err_info->type,
+		       error_type,
+		       (err_info->type & ~CPER_ARM_ERR_TYPE_MASK) ? " with reserved bit(s)" : "");
+
 		if (err_info->validation_bits & CPER_ARM_INFO_VALID_ERR_INFO) {
 			printk("%serror_info: 0x%016llx\n", newpfx,
 			       err_info->error_info);
diff --git a/include/linux/cper.h b/include/linux/cper.h
index c2f14b916bfb..fc62a80575e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/cper.h
+++ b/include/linux/cper.h
@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ enum {
 #define CPER_ARM_INFO_FLAGS_PROPAGATED		BIT(2)
 #define CPER_ARM_INFO_FLAGS_OVERFLOW		BIT(3)
 
-#define CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR			0
-#define CPER_ARM_TLB_ERROR			1
-#define CPER_ARM_BUS_ERROR			2
-#define CPER_ARM_VENDOR_ERROR			3
-#define CPER_ARM_MAX_TYPE			CPER_ARM_VENDOR_ERROR
+#define CPER_ARM_ERR_TYPE_MASK			GENMASK(4,1)
+#define CPER_ARM_CACHE_ERROR			BIT(1)
+#define CPER_ARM_TLB_ERROR			BIT(2)
+#define CPER_ARM_BUS_ERROR			BIT(3)
+#define CPER_ARM_VENDOR_ERROR			BIT(4)
 
 #define CPER_ARM_ERR_VALID_TRANSACTION_TYPE	BIT(0)
 #define CPER_ARM_ERR_VALID_OPERATION_TYPE	BIT(1)
