diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
index 0284c9198a04a334213c4e7055f98510b4f4ccf6..6c6f9d9b5d8978a836fcf44943e0806eb5d9f993 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
@@ -500,6 +500,12 @@ static int aqua_vanjaram_switch_partition_mode(struct amdgpu_xcp_mgr *xcp_mgr,
 
 	if (mode == AMDGPU_AUTO_COMPUTE_PARTITION_MODE) {
 		mode = __aqua_vanjaram_get_auto_mode(xcp_mgr);
+		if (mode == AMDGPU_UNKNOWN_COMPUTE_PARTITION_MODE) {
+			dev_err(adev->dev,
+				"Invalid config, no compatible compute partition mode found, available memory partitions: %d",
+				adev->gmc.num_mem_partitions);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	} else if (!__aqua_vanjaram_is_valid_mode(xcp_mgr, mode)) {
 		dev_err(adev->dev,
 			"Invalid compute partition mode requested, requested: %s, available memory partitions: %d",