diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index c64beb2d6c5f..461ff7e511c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -5066,11 +5066,12 @@ create_validate_stream_for_sink(struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconnector,
 		dc_result = dc_validate_stream(adev->dm.dc, stream);
 
 		if (dc_result != DC_OK) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Mode %dx%d (clk %d) failed DC validation with error %d\n",
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Mode %dx%d (clk %d) failed DC validation with error %d (%s)\n",
 				      drm_mode->hdisplay,
 				      drm_mode->vdisplay,
 				      drm_mode->clock,
-				      dc_result);
+				      dc_result,
+				      dc_status_to_str(dc_result));
 
 			dc_stream_release(stream);
 			stream = NULL;
@@ -8504,7 +8505,7 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_plane_state *old_plane_state, *new_plane_state;
 	enum surface_update_type update_type = UPDATE_TYPE_FAST;
 	enum surface_update_type overall_update_type = UPDATE_TYPE_FAST;
-
+	enum dc_status status;
 	int ret, i;
 
 	/*
@@ -8716,8 +8717,10 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 		ret = drm_dp_mst_atomic_check(state);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
-
-		if (dc_validate_global_state(dc, dm_state->context, false) != DC_OK) {
+		status = dc_validate_global_state(dc, dm_state->context, false);
+		if (status != DC_OK) {
+			DC_LOG_WARNING("DC global validation failure: %s (%d)",
+				       dc_status_to_str(status), status);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto fail;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_debug.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_debug.c
index 502ed3c7959d..87d89449b9af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_debug.c
@@ -365,3 +365,62 @@ void context_clock_trace(
 			context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.socclk_khz);
 #endif
 }
+
+/**
+ * dc_status_to_str - convert dc_status to a human readable string
+ * @status: dc_status to be converted
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * A string describing the DC status.
+ */
+char *dc_status_to_str(enum dc_status status)
+{
+	switch (status) {
+	case DC_OK:
+		return "DC OK";
+	case DC_NO_CONTROLLER_RESOURCE:
+		return "No controller resource";
+	case DC_NO_STREAM_ENC_RESOURCE:
+		return "No stream encoder";
+	case DC_NO_CLOCK_SOURCE_RESOURCE:
+		return "No clock source";
+	case DC_FAIL_CONTROLLER_VALIDATE:
+		return "Controller validation failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_ENC_VALIDATE:
+		return "Encoder validation failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_ATTACH_SURFACES:
+		return "Surfaces attachment failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_DETACH_SURFACES:
+		return "Surfaces detachment failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_SURFACE_VALIDATE:
+		return "Surface validation failure";
+	case DC_NO_DP_LINK_BANDWIDTH:
+		return "No DP link bandwidth";
+	case DC_EXCEED_DONGLE_CAP:
+		return "Exceed dongle capability";
+	case DC_SURFACE_PIXEL_FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED:
+		return "Unsupported pixel format";
+	case DC_FAIL_BANDWIDTH_VALIDATE:
+		return "Bandwidth validation failure (BW and Watermark)";
+	case DC_FAIL_SCALING:
+		return "Scaling failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_DP_LINK_TRAINING:
+		return "DP link training failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_DSC_VALIDATE:
+		return "DSC validation failure";
+	case DC_NO_DSC_RESOURCE:
+		return "No DSC resource";
+	case DC_FAIL_UNSUPPORTED_1:
+		return "Unsupported";
+	case DC_FAIL_CLK_EXCEED_MAX:
+		return "Clk exceed max failure";
+	case DC_FAIL_CLK_BELOW_MIN:
+		return "Fail clk below minimum";
+	case DC_FAIL_CLK_BELOW_CFG_REQUIRED:
+		return "Fail clk below required CFG (hard_min in PPLIB)";
+	case DC_ERROR_UNEXPECTED:
+		return "Unexpected error";
+	}
+
+	return "Unexpected status error";
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/core_status.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/core_status.h
index 4ead89dd7c41..f932801235c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/core_status.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/core_status.h
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ enum dc_status {
 	DC_ERROR_UNEXPECTED = -1
 };
 
+char *dc_status_to_str(enum dc_status status);
+
 #endif /* _CORE_STATUS_H_ */