diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nfc.h b/include/net/nfc/nfc.h
index 100595560584..f68ee68e4e3e 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nfc.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nfc.h
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ int nfc_set_remote_general_bytes(struct nfc_dev *dev,
 				 u8 *gt, u8 gt_len);
 u8 *nfc_get_local_general_bytes(struct nfc_dev *dev, size_t *gb_len);
 
-int nfc_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name);
+int nfc_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
+			 u32 result);
 
 int nfc_targets_found(struct nfc_dev *dev,
 		      struct nfc_target *targets, int ntargets);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h b/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
index 029921b067fd..29bed72a4ac4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ enum nfc_commands {
  * @NFC_ATTR_FIRMWARE_NAME: Free format firmware version
  * @NFC_ATTR_SE_INDEX: Secure element index
  * @NFC_ATTR_SE_TYPE: Secure element type (UICC or EMBEDDED)
+ * @NFC_ATTR_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD_STATUS: Firmware download operation status
  */
 enum nfc_attrs {
 	NFC_ATTR_UNSPEC,
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ enum nfc_attrs {
 	NFC_ATTR_SE_INDEX,
 	NFC_ATTR_SE_TYPE,
 	NFC_ATTR_SE_AID,
+	NFC_ATTR_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD_STATUS,
 /* private: internal use only */
 	__NFC_ATTR_AFTER_LAST
 };
diff --git a/net/nfc/core.c b/net/nfc/core.c
index aad7f8f59784..d252912b8deb 100644
--- a/net/nfc/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/core.c
@@ -77,11 +77,19 @@ int nfc_fw_download(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int nfc_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name)
+/**
+ * nfc_fw_download_done - inform that a firmware download was completed
+ *
+ * @dev: The nfc device to which firmware was downloaded
+ * @firmware_name: The firmware filename
+ * @result: The positive value of a standard errno value
+ */
+int nfc_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
+			 u32 result)
 {
 	dev->fw_download_in_progress = false;
 
-	return nfc_genl_fw_download_done(dev, firmware_name);
+	return nfc_genl_fw_download_done(dev, firmware_name, result);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfc_fw_download_done);
 
diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 3b08ef90e045..68063b2025da 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_fw_download(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name)
+int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
+			      u32 result)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	void *hdr;
@@ -1129,6 +1130,7 @@ int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name)
 		goto free_msg;
 
 	if (nla_put_string(msg, NFC_ATTR_FIRMWARE_NAME, firmware_name) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD_STATUS, result) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX, dev->idx))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
diff --git a/net/nfc/nfc.h b/net/nfc/nfc.h
index 4e2e5a787c4a..aaf606fc1faa 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nfc.h
+++ b/net/nfc/nfc.h
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ static inline void nfc_device_iter_exit(struct class_dev_iter *iter)
 }
 
 int nfc_fw_download(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name);
-int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name);
+int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
+			      u32 result);
 
 int nfc_dev_up(struct nfc_dev *dev);