diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 6ad4658de705..b4b21db9f4ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ int __ioapic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask,
 	int err;
 
 	if (!config_enabled(CONFIG_SMP))
-		return -1;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!cpumask_intersects(mask, cpu_online_mask))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ int native_ioapic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!config_enabled(CONFIG_SMP))
-		return -1;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 	ret = __ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest);
@@ -3075,9 +3075,11 @@ msi_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask, bool force)
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg = data->chip_data;
 	struct msi_msg msg;
 	unsigned int dest;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (__ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest))
-		return -1;
+	ret = __ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	__get_cached_msi_msg(data->msi_desc, &msg);
 
@@ -3177,9 +3179,11 @@ dmar_msi_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask,
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg = data->chip_data;
 	unsigned int dest, irq = data->irq;
 	struct msi_msg msg;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (__ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest))
-		return -1;
+	ret = __ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	dmar_msi_read(irq, &msg);
 
@@ -3226,9 +3230,11 @@ static int hpet_msi_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg = data->chip_data;
 	struct msi_msg msg;
 	unsigned int dest;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (__ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest))
-		return -1;
+	ret = __ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	hpet_msi_read(data->handler_data, &msg);
 
@@ -3295,9 +3301,11 @@ ht_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask, bool force)
 {
 	struct irq_cfg *cfg = data->chip_data;
 	unsigned int dest;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (__ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest))
-		return -1;
+	ret = __ioapic_set_affinity(data, mask, &dest);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	target_ht_irq(data->irq, dest, cfg->vector);
 	return IRQ_SET_MASK_OK_NOCOPY;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
index 283a76a9cc40..49bbb57da7f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
 	struct irq_data *data;
 	struct irq_chip *chip;
+	int ret;
 
 	for_each_irq_desc(irq, desc) {
 		int break_affinity = 0;
@@ -395,10 +396,14 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
 		if (!irqd_can_move_in_process_context(data) && chip->irq_mask)
 			chip->irq_mask(data);
 
-		if (chip->irq_set_affinity)
-			chip->irq_set_affinity(data, affinity, true);
-		else if (!(warned++))
-			set_affinity = 0;
+		if (chip->irq_set_affinity) {
+			ret = chip->irq_set_affinity(data, affinity, true);
+			if (ret == -ENOSPC)
+				pr_crit("IRQ %d set affinity failed because there are no available vectors.  The device assigned to this IRQ is unstable.\n", irq);
+		} else {
+			if (!(warned++))
+				set_affinity = 0;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * We unmask if the irq was not marked masked by the