diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
index 811480eac5fa1f41f9efa7a4b7506e5985f7e6ec..504729663c350a578aff2c2d9f706e73a42e9cb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
@@ -2447,7 +2447,8 @@ int iwl_fw_dbg_error_collect(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt,
 		return -EIO;
 
 	if (iwl_trans_dbg_ini_valid(fwrt->trans)) {
-		if (trig_type != FW_DBG_TRIGGER_ALIVE_TIMEOUT)
+		if (trig_type != FW_DBG_TRIGGER_ALIVE_TIMEOUT &&
+		    trig_type != FW_DBG_TRIGGER_DRIVER)
 			return -EIO;
 
 		iwl_dbg_tlv_time_point(fwrt,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
index 4d5def7e2d8cbe97be7e9ec25b7152598fbc2bd3..15e2773ce7e700e85a58957dd88c0acf40f730ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
@@ -476,9 +476,13 @@ static int iwl_run_unified_mvm_ucode(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 
 	/* Load NVM to NIC if needed */
 	if (mvm->nvm_file_name) {
-		iwl_read_external_nvm(mvm->trans, mvm->nvm_file_name,
-				      mvm->nvm_sections);
-		iwl_mvm_load_nvm_to_nic(mvm);
+		ret = iwl_read_external_nvm(mvm->trans, mvm->nvm_file_name,
+					    mvm->nvm_sections);
+		if (ret)
+			goto error;
+		ret = iwl_mvm_load_nvm_to_nic(mvm);
+		if (ret)
+			goto error;
 	}
 
 	if (IWL_MVM_PARSE_NVM && !mvm->nvm_data) {
@@ -659,8 +663,11 @@ int iwl_run_init_mvm_ucode(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	}
 
 	/* In case we read the NVM from external file, load it to the NIC */
-	if (mvm->nvm_file_name)
-		iwl_mvm_load_nvm_to_nic(mvm);
+	if (mvm->nvm_file_name) {
+		ret = iwl_mvm_load_nvm_to_nic(mvm);
+		if (ret)
+			goto remove_notif;
+	}
 
 	WARN_ONCE(mvm->nvm_data->nvm_version < mvm->trans->cfg->nvm_ver,
 		  "Too old NVM version (0x%0x, required = 0x%0x)",