diff --git a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
index dcf2b39e1048..1a3e6aafbdcc 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
@@ -316,31 +316,27 @@ static const struct cxl_root_ops acpi_root_ops = {
 	.qos_class = cxl_acpi_qos_class,
 };
 
-static int cxl_parse_cfmws(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, void *arg,
-			   const unsigned long end)
+static int __cxl_parse_cfmws(struct acpi_cedt_cfmws *cfmws,
+			     struct cxl_cfmws_context *ctx)
 {
 	int target_map[CXL_DECODER_MAX_INTERLEAVE];
-	struct cxl_cfmws_context *ctx = arg;
 	struct cxl_port *root_port = ctx->root_port;
 	struct resource *cxl_res = ctx->cxl_res;
 	struct cxl_cxims_context cxims_ctx;
 	struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd;
 	struct device *dev = ctx->dev;
-	struct acpi_cedt_cfmws *cfmws;
 	cxl_calc_hb_fn cxl_calc_hb;
 	struct cxl_decoder *cxld;
 	unsigned int ways, i, ig;
 	struct resource *res;
 	int rc;
 
-	cfmws = (struct acpi_cedt_cfmws *) header;
-
 	rc = cxl_acpi_cfmws_verify(dev, cfmws);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(dev, "CFMWS range %#llx-%#llx not registered\n",
 			cfmws->base_hpa,
 			cfmws->base_hpa + cfmws->window_size - 1);
-		return 0;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	rc = eiw_to_ways(cfmws->interleave_ways, &ways);
@@ -376,7 +372,7 @@ static int cxl_parse_cfmws(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, void *arg,
 
 	cxlrd = cxl_root_decoder_alloc(root_port, ways, cxl_calc_hb);
 	if (IS_ERR(cxlrd))
-		return 0;
+		return PTR_ERR(cxlrd);
 
 	cxld = &cxlrd->cxlsd.cxld;
 	cxld->flags = cfmws_to_decoder_flags(cfmws->restrictions);
@@ -420,16 +416,7 @@ err_xormap:
 		put_device(&cxld->dev);
 	else
 		rc = cxl_decoder_autoremove(dev, cxld);
-	if (rc) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Failed to add decode range: %pr", res);
-		return rc;
-	}
-	dev_dbg(dev, "add: %s node: %d range [%#llx - %#llx]\n",
-		dev_name(&cxld->dev),
-		phys_to_target_node(cxld->hpa_range.start),
-		cxld->hpa_range.start, cxld->hpa_range.end);
-
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 
 err_insert:
 	kfree(res->name);
@@ -438,6 +425,29 @@ err_name:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+static int cxl_parse_cfmws(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, void *arg,
+			   const unsigned long end)
+{
+	struct acpi_cedt_cfmws *cfmws = (struct acpi_cedt_cfmws *)header;
+	struct cxl_cfmws_context *ctx = arg;
+	struct device *dev = ctx->dev;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = __cxl_parse_cfmws(cfmws, ctx);
+	if (rc)
+		dev_err(dev,
+			"Failed to add decode range: [%#llx - %#llx] (%d)\n",
+			cfmws->base_hpa,
+			cfmws->base_hpa + cfmws->window_size - 1, rc);
+	else
+		dev_dbg(dev, "decode range: node: %d range [%#llx - %#llx]\n",
+			phys_to_target_node(cfmws->base_hpa), cfmws->base_hpa,
+			cfmws->base_hpa + cfmws->window_size - 1);
+
+	/* never fail cxl_acpi load for a single window failure */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 __mock struct acpi_device *to_cxl_host_bridge(struct device *host,
 					      struct device *dev)
 {