diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 076be0473eb5..9649c0bd0a38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -310,10 +310,11 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 		     uint32_t param, uint64_t *value, uint32_t *len)
 {
 	struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu = to_adreno_gpu(gpu);
+	struct drm_device *drm = gpu->dev;
 
 	/* No pointer params yet */
 	if (*len != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "invalid len");
 
 	switch (param) {
 	case MSM_PARAM_GPU_ID:
@@ -365,12 +366,12 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 		return 0;
 	case MSM_PARAM_VA_START:
 		if (ctx->aspace == gpu->aspace)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "requires per-process pgtables");
 		*value = ctx->aspace->va_start;
 		return 0;
 	case MSM_PARAM_VA_SIZE:
 		if (ctx->aspace == gpu->aspace)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "requires per-process pgtables");
 		*value = ctx->aspace->va_size;
 		return 0;
 	case MSM_PARAM_HIGHEST_BANK_BIT:
@@ -386,14 +387,15 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 		*value = adreno_gpu->ubwc_config.macrotile_mode;
 		return 0;
 	default:
-		DBG("%s: invalid param: %u", gpu->name, param);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "%s: invalid param: %u", gpu->name, param);
 	}
 }
 
 int adreno_set_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 		     uint32_t param, uint64_t value, uint32_t len)
 {
+	struct drm_device *drm = gpu->dev;
+
 	switch (param) {
 	case MSM_PARAM_COMM:
 	case MSM_PARAM_CMDLINE:
@@ -401,11 +403,11 @@ int adreno_set_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 		 * that should be a reasonable upper bound
 		 */
 		if (len > PAGE_SIZE)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "invalid len");
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (len != 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "invalid len");
 	}
 
 	switch (param) {
@@ -434,11 +436,10 @@ int adreno_set_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 	}
 	case MSM_PARAM_SYSPROF:
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
+			return UERR(EPERM, drm, "invalid permissions");
 		return msm_file_private_set_sysprof(ctx, gpu, value);
 	default:
-		DBG("%s: invalid param: %u", gpu->name, param);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return UERR(EINVAL, drm, "%s: invalid param: %u", gpu->name, param);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index c2dd8ef6d6dc..2aefb8becda0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int msm_ioctl_gem_info_set_iova(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	/* Only supported if per-process address space is supported: */
 	if (priv->gpu->aspace == ctx->aspace)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		return UERR(EOPNOTSUPP, dev, "requires per-process pgtables");
 
 	if (should_fail(&fail_gem_iova, obj->size))
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
index d8c9a1b19263..fee31680a6d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <drm/drm_atomic.h>
 #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
+#include <drm/drm_print.h>
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
 #include <drm/display/drm_dsc.h>
 #include <drm/msm_drm.h>
@@ -506,6 +507,12 @@ void msm_hrtimer_work_init(struct msm_hrtimer_work *work,
 			   clockid_t clock_id,
 			   enum hrtimer_mode mode);
 
+/* Helper for returning a UABI error with optional logging which can make
+ * it easier for userspace to understand what it is doing wrong.
+ */
+#define UERR(err, drm, fmt, ...) \
+	({ DRM_DEV_DEBUG_DRIVER((drm)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); -(err); })
+
 #define DBG(fmt, ...) DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER(fmt"\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define VERB(fmt, ...) if (0) DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER(fmt"\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index fba78193127d..be6e793f34bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 /* For userspace errors, use DRM_UT_DRIVER.. so that userspace can enable
  * error msgs for debugging, but we don't spam dmesg by default
  */
-#define SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, fmt, ...) \
-	DRM_DEV_DEBUG_DRIVER((submit)->dev->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define SUBMIT_ERROR(err, submit, fmt, ...) \
+	UERR(err, (submit)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /*
  * Cmdstream submission:
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static int submit_lookup_objects(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 
 		if ((submit_bo.flags & ~MSM_SUBMIT_BO_FLAGS) ||
 			!(submit_bo.flags & MANDATORY_FLAGS)) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "invalid flags: %x\n", submit_bo.flags);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid flags: %x\n", submit_bo.flags);
 			i = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -162,8 +161,7 @@ static int submit_lookup_objects(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 		 */
 		obj = idr_find(&file->object_idr, submit->bos[i].handle);
 		if (!obj) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "invalid handle %u at index %u\n", submit->bos[i].handle, i);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid handle %u at index %u\n", submit->bos[i].handle, i);
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 
@@ -206,14 +204,12 @@ static int submit_lookup_cmds(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 		case MSM_SUBMIT_CMD_CTX_RESTORE_BUF:
 			break;
 		default:
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "invalid type: %08x\n", submit_cmd.type);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid type: %08x\n", submit_cmd.type);
 		}
 
 		if (submit_cmd.size % 4) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "non-aligned cmdstream buffer size: %u\n",
-				     submit_cmd.size);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "non-aligned cmdstream buffer size: %u\n",
+					   submit_cmd.size);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -371,9 +367,8 @@ static int submit_bo(struct msm_gem_submit *submit, uint32_t idx,
 		struct drm_gem_object **obj, uint64_t *iova)
 {
 	if (idx >= submit->nr_bos) {
-		SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "invalid buffer index: %u (out of %u)\n",
-			     idx, submit->nr_bos);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid buffer index: %u (out of %u)\n",
+				    idx, submit->nr_bos);
 	}
 
 	if (obj)
@@ -392,10 +387,8 @@ static int submit_reloc(struct msm_gem_submit *submit, struct drm_gem_object *ob
 	uint32_t *ptr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (offset % 4) {
-		SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "non-aligned cmdstream buffer: %u\n", offset);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (offset % 4)
+		return SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "non-aligned cmdstream buffer: %u\n", offset);
 
 	/* For now, just map the entire thing.  Eventually we probably
 	 * to do it page-by-page, w/ kmap() if not vmap()d..
@@ -414,9 +407,8 @@ static int submit_reloc(struct msm_gem_submit *submit, struct drm_gem_object *ob
 		uint64_t iova;
 
 		if (submit_reloc.submit_offset % 4) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "non-aligned reloc offset: %u\n",
-				     submit_reloc.submit_offset);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "non-aligned reloc offset: %u\n",
+					   submit_reloc.submit_offset);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -425,8 +417,7 @@ static int submit_reloc(struct msm_gem_submit *submit, struct drm_gem_object *ob
 
 		if ((off >= (obj->size / 4)) ||
 				(off < last_offset)) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "invalid offset %u at reloc %u\n", off, i);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid offset %u at reloc %u\n", off, i);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -513,12 +504,12 @@ static struct drm_syncobj **msm_parse_deps(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 
 		if (syncobj_desc.point &&
 		    !drm_core_check_feature(submit->dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE)) {
-			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EOPNOTSUPP, submit, "syncobj timeline unsupported");
 			break;
 		}
 
 		if (syncobj_desc.flags & ~MSM_SUBMIT_SYNCOBJ_FLAGS) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = -SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid syncobj flags");
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -531,7 +522,7 @@ static struct drm_syncobj **msm_parse_deps(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 			syncobjs[i] =
 				drm_syncobj_find(file, syncobj_desc.handle);
 			if (!syncobjs[i]) {
-				ret = -EINVAL;
+				ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid syncobj handle");
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -588,14 +579,14 @@ static struct msm_submit_post_dep *msm_parse_post_deps(struct drm_device *dev,
 		post_deps[i].point = syncobj_desc.point;
 
 		if (syncobj_desc.flags) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid syncobj flags");
 			break;
 		}
 
 		if (syncobj_desc.point) {
 			if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev,
 			                            DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE)) {
-				ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				ret = UERR(EOPNOTSUPP, dev, "syncobj timeline unsupported");
 				break;
 			}
 
@@ -609,7 +600,7 @@ static struct msm_submit_post_dep *msm_parse_post_deps(struct drm_device *dev,
 		post_deps[i].syncobj =
 			drm_syncobj_find(file, syncobj_desc.handle);
 		if (!post_deps[i].syncobj) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid syncobj handle");
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -677,10 +668,10 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	 * be more clever to dispatch to appropriate gpu module:
 	 */
 	if (MSM_PIPE_ID(args->flags) != MSM_PIPE_3D0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid pipe");
 
 	if (MSM_PIPE_FLAGS(args->flags) & ~MSM_SUBMIT_FLAGS)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid flags");
 
 	if (args->flags & MSM_SUBMIT_SUDO) {
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_MSM_GPU_SUDO) ||
@@ -724,7 +715,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		in_fence = sync_file_get_fence(args->fence_fd);
 
 		if (!in_fence) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid in-fence");
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 
@@ -789,8 +780,8 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		if (!submit->cmd[i].size ||
 			((submit->cmd[i].size + submit->cmd[i].offset) >
 				obj->size / 4)) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "invalid cmdstream size: %u\n", submit->cmd[i].size * 4);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid cmdstream size: %u\n",
+				   submit->cmd[i].size * 4);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -800,8 +791,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			continue;
 
 		if (!gpu->allow_relocs) {
-			SUBMIT_ERROR(submit, "relocs not allowed\n");
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			ret = UERR(EINVAL, dev, "relocs not allowed\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -827,7 +817,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			(!args->fence || idr_find(&queue->fence_idr, args->fence))) {
 		spin_unlock(&queue->idr_lock);
 		idr_preload_end();
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = UERR(EINVAL, dev, "invalid in-fence-sn");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
index 2fc3eaf81f44..7fed1de63b5d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int msm_file_private_set_sysprof(struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 
 	switch (sysprof) {
 	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return UERR(EINVAL, gpu->dev, "Invalid sysprof: %d", sysprof);
 	case 2:
 		pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
 		fallthrough;
