diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
index c99b78ee008a..f86666cf2c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl.c
@@ -1019,16 +1019,18 @@ create_feature_instance(struct build_feature_devs_info *binfo,
 {
 	unsigned int irq_base, nr_irqs;
 	struct dfl_feature_info *finfo;
+	u8 revision = 0;
 	int ret;
-	u8 revision;
 	u64 v;
 
-	v = readq(binfo->ioaddr + ofst);
-	revision = FIELD_GET(DFH_REVISION, v);
+	if (fid != FEATURE_ID_AFU) {
+		v = readq(binfo->ioaddr + ofst);
+		revision = FIELD_GET(DFH_REVISION, v);
 
-	/* read feature size and id if inputs are invalid */
-	size = size ? size : feature_size(v);
-	fid = fid ? fid : feature_id(v);
+		/* read feature size and id if inputs are invalid */
+		size = size ? size : feature_size(v);
+		fid = fid ? fid : feature_id(v);
+	}
 
 	if (binfo->len - ofst < size)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/machxo2-spi.c b/drivers/fpga/machxo2-spi.c
index 1afb41aa20d7..ea2ec3c6815c 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/machxo2-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/machxo2-spi.c
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ static int machxo2_write_init(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
 		goto fail;
 
 	get_status(spi, &status);
-	if (test_bit(FAIL, &status))
+	if (test_bit(FAIL, &status)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
+	}
 	dump_status_reg(&status);
 
 	spi_message_init(&msg);
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ static int machxo2_write_complete(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
 	dump_status_reg(&status);
 	if (!test_bit(DONE, &status)) {
 		machxo2_cleanup(mgr);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
@@ -335,6 +338,7 @@ static int machxo2_write_complete(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
 			break;
 		if (++refreshloop == MACHXO2_MAX_REFRESH_LOOP) {
 			machxo2_cleanup(mgr);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto fail;
 		}
 	} while (1);