diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/internal.h b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/internal.h
index 4f2e268417021c65435b1a58dad3a66aafd6989d..d201d755560c176fa68b6e79a7e649d99851523a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/internal.h
@@ -211,5 +211,6 @@ int mhi_ep_set_mhi_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl, enum mhi_state mhi_stat
 int mhi_ep_set_m0_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl);
 int mhi_ep_set_m3_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl);
 int mhi_ep_set_ready_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl);
+void mhi_ep_handle_syserr(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
index d36708d43eb658739dd456f4cd2fe8c9df6673e4..706473ea4918f92aeec4cd5f604a06dbde20b11d 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
@@ -516,6 +516,26 @@ static void mhi_ep_reset_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * We don't need to do anything special other than setting the MHI SYS_ERR
+ * state. The host will reset all contexts and issue MHI RESET so that we
+ * could also recover from error state.
+ */
+void mhi_ep_handle_syserr(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_dev->dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mhi_ep_set_mhi_state(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_SYS_ERR);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	/* Signal host that the device went to SYS_ERR state */
+	ret = mhi_ep_send_state_change_event(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_SYS_ERR);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed sending SYS_ERR state change event: %d\n", ret);
+}
+
 int mhi_ep_power_up(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_dev->dev;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/sm.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/sm.c
index ffc02f5d0a0dbe1cbce5db474a5d8d4a86bc08bf..e3865b85399d115d4122c7e112212b7c7c02bc5a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/sm.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/sm.c
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ int mhi_ep_set_m0_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl)
 	ret = mhi_ep_set_mhi_state(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_M0);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mhi_cntrl->state_lock);
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		mhi_ep_handle_syserr(mhi_cntrl);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/* Signal host that the device moved to M0 */
 	ret = mhi_ep_send_state_change_event(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_M0);
@@ -99,8 +101,10 @@ int mhi_ep_set_m3_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl)
 	ret = mhi_ep_set_mhi_state(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_M3);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mhi_cntrl->state_lock);
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		mhi_ep_handle_syserr(mhi_cntrl);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/* Signal host that the device moved to M3 */
 	ret = mhi_ep_send_state_change_event(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_M3);
@@ -132,5 +136,8 @@ int mhi_ep_set_ready_state(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl)
 	ret = mhi_ep_set_mhi_state(mhi_cntrl, MHI_STATE_READY);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mhi_cntrl->state_lock);
 
+	if (ret)
+		mhi_ep_handle_syserr(mhi_cntrl);
+
 	return ret;
 }