diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
index 66755ff21933297568a5262726c05bc60fef56db..c0831c069e366c52b5bc6dcf7996c7b21f4c089d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define AWCC_THERMAL_MODE_GMODE			0xAB
 
 #define AWCC_FAILURE_CODE			0xFFFFFFFF
+#define AWCC_FAILURE_CODE_2			0xFFFFFFFE
 
 #define AWCC_SENSOR_ID_FLAG			BIT(8)
 #define AWCC_THERMAL_MODE_MASK			GENMASK(3, 0)
@@ -444,8 +445,7 @@ const struct attribute_group wmax_deepsleep_attribute_group = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Thermal Profile control
- *  - Provides thermal profile control through the Platform Profile API
+ * AWCC Helpers
  */
 static bool is_awcc_thermal_profile_id(u8 code)
 {
@@ -464,72 +464,115 @@ static bool is_awcc_thermal_profile_id(u8 code)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static int awcc_thermal_information(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 operation,
-				    u8 arg, u32 *out_data)
+static int awcc_wmi_command(struct wmi_device *wdev, u32 method_id,
+			    struct wmax_u32_args *args, u32 *out)
 {
-	struct wmax_u32_args in_args = {
-		.operation = operation,
-		.arg1 = arg,
-		.arg2 = 0,
-		.arg3 = 0,
-	};
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = alienware_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_THERMAL_INFORMATION,
-				    &in_args, sizeof(in_args), out_data);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = alienware_wmi_command(wdev, method_id, args, sizeof(*args), out);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (*out_data == AWCC_FAILURE_CODE)
+	if (*out == AWCC_FAILURE_CODE || *out == AWCC_FAILURE_CODE_2)
 		return -EBADRQC;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int awcc_thermal_control(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 profile)
+static int awcc_thermal_information(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 operation, u8 arg,
+				    u32 *out)
 {
-	struct wmax_u32_args in_args = {
-		.operation = AWCC_OP_ACTIVATE_PROFILE,
-		.arg1 = profile,
+	struct wmax_u32_args args = {
+		.operation = operation,
+		.arg1 = arg,
+		.arg2 = 0,
+		.arg3 = 0,
+	};
+
+	return awcc_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_THERMAL_INFORMATION, &args, out);
+}
+
+static int awcc_game_shift_status(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 operation,
+				  u32 *out)
+{
+	struct wmax_u32_args args = {
+		.operation = operation,
+		.arg1 = 0,
+		.arg2 = 0,
+		.arg3 = 0,
+	};
+
+	return awcc_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS, &args, out);
+}
+
+/**
+ * awcc_op_get_resource_id - Get the resource ID at a given index
+ * @wdev: AWCC WMI device
+ * @index: Index
+ * @out: Value returned by the WMI call
+ *
+ * Get the resource ID at a given @index. Resource IDs are listed in the
+ * following order:
+ *
+ *	- Fan IDs
+ *	- Sensor IDs
+ *	- Unknown IDs
+ *	- Thermal Profile IDs
+ *
+ * The total number of IDs of a given type can be obtained with
+ * AWCC_OP_GET_SYSTEM_DESCRIPTION.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure
+ */
+static int awcc_op_get_resource_id(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 index, u8 *out)
+{
+	struct wmax_u32_args args = {
+		.operation = AWCC_OP_GET_RESOURCE_ID,
+		.arg1 = index,
 		.arg2 = 0,
 		.arg3 = 0,
 	};
 	u32 out_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = alienware_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_THERMAL_CONTROL,
-				    &in_args, sizeof(in_args), &out_data);
+	ret = awcc_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_THERMAL_INFORMATION, &args, &out_data);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (out_data == AWCC_FAILURE_CODE)
-		return -EBADRQC;
+	*out = FIELD_GET(AWCC_RESOURCE_ID_MASK, out_data);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int awcc_game_shift_status(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 operation,
-				  u32 *out_data)
+static int awcc_op_get_current_profile(struct wmi_device *wdev, u32 *out)
 {
-	struct wmax_u32_args in_args = {
-		.operation = operation,
+	struct wmax_u32_args args = {
+		.operation = AWCC_OP_GET_CURRENT_PROFILE,
 		.arg1 = 0,
 		.arg2 = 0,
 		.arg3 = 0,
 	};
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = alienware_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS,
-				    &in_args, sizeof(in_args), out_data);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (*out_data == AWCC_FAILURE_CODE)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	return 0;
+	return awcc_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_THERMAL_INFORMATION, &args, out);
 }
 
+static int awcc_op_activate_profile(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 profile)
+{
+	struct wmax_u32_args args = {
+		.operation = AWCC_OP_ACTIVATE_PROFILE,
+		.arg1 = profile,
+		.arg2 = 0,
+		.arg3 = 0,
+	};
+	u32 out;
+
+	return awcc_wmi_command(wdev, AWCC_METHOD_THERMAL_CONTROL, &args, &out);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Thermal Profile control
+ *  - Provides thermal profile control through the Platform Profile API
+ */
 static int awcc_platform_profile_get(struct device *dev,
 				     enum platform_profile_option *profile)
 {
@@ -537,10 +580,8 @@ static int awcc_platform_profile_get(struct device *dev,
 	u32 out_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = awcc_thermal_information(priv->wdev, AWCC_OP_GET_CURRENT_PROFILE,
-				       0, &out_data);
-
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = awcc_op_get_current_profile(priv->wdev, &out_data);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (out_data == AWCC_THERMAL_MODE_GMODE) {
@@ -584,8 +625,8 @@ static int awcc_platform_profile_set(struct device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return awcc_thermal_control(priv->wdev,
-				    priv->supported_thermal_profiles[profile]);
+	return awcc_op_activate_profile(priv->wdev,
+					priv->supported_thermal_profiles[profile]);
 }
 
 static int awcc_platform_profile_probe(void *drvdata, unsigned long *choices)
@@ -595,7 +636,6 @@ static int awcc_platform_profile_probe(void *drvdata, unsigned long *choices)
 	enum awcc_thermal_profile mode;
 	u8 sys_desc[4];
 	u32 first_mode;
-	u32 out_data;
 	int ret;
 	u8 id;
 
@@ -607,8 +647,7 @@ static int awcc_platform_profile_probe(void *drvdata, unsigned long *choices)
 	first_mode = sys_desc[0] + sys_desc[1];
 
 	for (u32 i = 0; i < sys_desc[3]; i++) {
-		ret = awcc_thermal_information(priv->wdev, AWCC_OP_GET_RESOURCE_ID,
-					       i + first_mode, &out_data);
+		ret = awcc_op_get_resource_id(priv->wdev, i + first_mode, &id);
 
 		if (ret == -EIO)
 			return ret;
@@ -616,7 +655,6 @@ static int awcc_platform_profile_probe(void *drvdata, unsigned long *choices)
 		if (ret == -EBADRQC)
 			break;
 
-		id = FIELD_GET(AWCC_RESOURCE_ID_MASK, out_data);
 		if (!is_awcc_thermal_profile_id(id))
 			continue;
 
