diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
index 783ed339f341..515ca168748d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void __init hv_get_partition_id(void)
 	status = hv_do_hypercall(HVCALL_GET_PARTITION_ID, NULL, output_page);
 	if (!hv_result_success(status)) {
 		/* No point in proceeding if this failed */
-		pr_err("Failed to get partition ID: %lld\n", status);
+		pr_err("Failed to get partition ID: %s\n", hv_status_to_string(status));
 		BUG();
 	}
 	hv_current_partition_id = output_page->partition_id;
diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_proc.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_proc.c
index 5ba5ca1b2089..ed80da64649e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_proc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_proc.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ int hv_call_add_logical_proc(int node, u32 lp_index, u32 apic_id)
 
 		if (hv_result(status) != HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY) {
 			if (!hv_result_success(status)) {
-				pr_err("%s: cpu %u apic ID %u, %lld\n", __func__,
-				       lp_index, apic_id, status);
-				ret = hv_result(status);
+				pr_err("%s: cpu %u apic ID %u, %s\n", __func__,
+				       lp_index, apic_id, hv_status_to_string(status));
+				ret = hv_status_to_errno(status);
 			}
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/hyperv-tlfs.h b/include/asm-generic/hyperv-tlfs.h
index 1316584983c1..8d76661a8c9f 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/hyperv-tlfs.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/hyperv-tlfs.h
@@ -212,19 +212,40 @@ enum HV_GENERIC_SET_FORMAT {
 					 HV_HYPERCALL_RSVD2_MASK)
 
 /* hypercall status code */
-#define HV_STATUS_SUCCESS			0
-#define HV_STATUS_INVALID_HYPERCALL_CODE	2
-#define HV_STATUS_INVALID_HYPERCALL_INPUT	3
-#define HV_STATUS_INVALID_ALIGNMENT		4
-#define HV_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER		5
-#define HV_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED			6
-#define HV_STATUS_OPERATION_DENIED		8
-#define HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY		11
-#define HV_STATUS_INVALID_PORT_ID		17
-#define HV_STATUS_INVALID_CONNECTION_ID		18
-#define HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFERS		19
-#define HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT                      120
-#define HV_STATUS_VTL_ALREADY_ENABLED		134
+#define __HV_STATUS_DEF(OP) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_SUCCESS,				0x0) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_HYPERCALL_CODE,		0x2) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_HYPERCALL_INPUT,		0x3) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_ALIGNMENT,			0x4) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER,			0x5) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED,			0x6) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_PARTITION_STATE,		0x7) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_OPERATION_DENIED,			0x8) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY,			0x9) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_PROPERTY_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE,	0xA) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY,		0xB) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_PARTITION_ID,		0xD) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_VP_INDEX,			0xE) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_NOT_FOUND,				0x10) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_PORT_ID,			0x11) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_CONNECTION_ID,		0x12) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFERS,		0x13) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_NOT_ACKNOWLEDGED,			0x14) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_VP_STATE,			0x15) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_NO_RESOURCES,			0x1D) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_PROCESSOR_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED,	0x20) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_LP_INDEX,			0x41) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_INVALID_REGISTER_VALUE,		0x50) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_TIME_OUT,				0x78) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_CALL_PENDING,			0x79) \
+	OP(HV_STATUS_VTL_ALREADY_ENABLED,		0x86)
+
+#define __HV_MAKE_HV_STATUS_ENUM(NAME, VAL) NAME = (VAL),
+#define __HV_MAKE_HV_STATUS_CASE(NAME, VAL) case (NAME): return (#NAME);
+
+enum hv_status {
+	__HV_STATUS_DEF(__HV_MAKE_HV_STATUS_ENUM)
+};
 
 /*
  * The Hyper-V TimeRefCount register and the TSC
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
index 3e715aa114da..d6310a40fbde 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
@@ -305,6 +305,39 @@ static inline int cpumask_to_vpset_skip(struct hv_vpset *vpset,
 	return __cpumask_to_vpset(vpset, cpus, func);
 }
 
+
+static inline int hv_status_to_errno(u64 hv_status)
+{
+	switch (hv_result(hv_status)) {
+	case HV_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+		return 0;
+	case HV_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER:
+	case HV_STATUS_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY:
+	case HV_STATUS_PROPERTY_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE:
+	case HV_STATUS_INVALID_VP_INDEX:
+	case HV_STATUS_INVALID_REGISTER_VALUE:
+	case HV_STATUS_INVALID_LP_INDEX:
+	case HV_STATUS_PROCESSOR_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	case HV_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED:
+	case HV_STATUS_OPERATION_DENIED:
+		return -EACCES;
+	case HV_STATUS_NOT_ACKNOWLEDGED:
+	case HV_STATUS_INVALID_VP_STATE:
+	case HV_STATUS_INVALID_PARTITION_STATE:
+		return -EBADFD;
+	}
+	return -ENOTRECOVERABLE;
+}
+
+static inline const char *hv_status_to_string(u64 hv_status)
+{
+	switch (hv_result(hv_status)) {
+	__HV_STATUS_DEF(__HV_MAKE_HV_STATUS_CASE)
+	default : return "Unknown";
+	}
+}
+
 void hyperv_report_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, long err, bool in_die);
 bool hv_is_hyperv_initialized(void);
 bool hv_is_hibernation_supported(void);
