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 72376075db0c..283957dbdf93 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_debug.c
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ char *dc_status_to_str(enum dc_status status)
 		return "The value specified is not supported.";
 	case DC_NO_LINK_ENC_RESOURCE:
 		return "No link encoder resource";
+	case DC_FAIL_DP_PAYLOAD_ALLOCATION:
+		return "Fail dp payload allocation";
 	case DC_ERROR_UNEXPECTED:
 		return "Unexpected error";
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c
index 38a458141791..ab9655d6e5c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link.c
@@ -3597,6 +3597,7 @@ static enum dc_status dc_link_update_sst_payload(struct pipe_ctx *pipe_ctx,
 						"allocation table for "
 						"pipe idx: %d\n",
 						pipe_ctx->pipe_idx);
+		return DC_FAIL_DP_PAYLOAD_ALLOCATION;
 	}
 
 	proposed_table.stream_allocations[0].hpo_dp_stream_enc = pipe_ctx->stream_res.hpo_dp_stream_enc;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c
index 2d0e41761c32..0496828e8673 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c
@@ -2875,10 +2875,13 @@ bool perform_link_training_with_retries(
 
 		fail_count++;
 		dp_trace_lt_fail_count_update(link, fail_count, false);
-		/* latest link training still fail, skip delay and keep PHY on
-		 */
-		if (j == (attempts - 1) && link->ep_type == DISPLAY_ENDPOINT_PHY)
-			break;
+		if (link->ep_type == DISPLAY_ENDPOINT_PHY) {
+			/* latest link training still fail or link training is aborted
+			 * skip delay and keep PHY on
+			 */
+			if (j == (attempts - 1) || (status == LINK_TRAINING_ABORT))
+				break;
+		}
 
 		DC_LOG_WARNING("%s: Link training attempt %u of %d failed @ rate(%d) x lane(%d)\n",
 			__func__, (unsigned int)j + 1, attempts, cur_link_settings.link_rate,
@@ -6890,6 +6893,10 @@ bool dpcd_write_128b_132b_sst_payload_allocation_table(
 	if (allocate)	{
 		avg_time_slots_per_mtp = calculate_sst_avg_time_slots_per_mtp(stream, link);
 		req_slot_count = dc_fixpt_ceil(avg_time_slots_per_mtp);
+		/// Validation should filter out modes that exceed link BW
+		ASSERT(req_slot_count <= MAX_MTP_SLOT_COUNT);
+		if (req_slot_count > MAX_MTP_SLOT_COUNT)
+			return false;
 	} else {
 		/// Leave req_slot_count = 0 if allocate is false.
 	}
@@ -6917,7 +6924,6 @@ bool dpcd_write_128b_132b_sst_payload_allocation_table(
 			&start_time_slot,
 			1);
 
-	ASSERT(req_slot_count <= MAX_MTP_SLOT_COUNT); /// Validation should filter out modes that exceed link BW
 	core_link_write_dpcd(
 			link,
 			DP_PAYLOAD_ALLOCATE_TIME_SLOT_COUNT,
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 444182a97e6e..8eb8d4afa876 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/core_status.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/core_status.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ enum dc_status {
 	DC_UNSUPPORTED_VALUE = 25,
 
 	DC_NO_LINK_ENC_RESOURCE = 26,
-
+	DC_FAIL_DP_PAYLOAD_ALLOCATION = 27,
 	DC_ERROR_UNEXPECTED = -1
 };