return ph->hops->iter_response_run(iter);
 }
 
+struct scmi_apriv {
+       bool any_axes_support_extended_names;
+       struct scmi_sensor_info *s;
+};
+
 static void iter_axes_desc_prepare_message(void *message,
                                           const unsigned int desc_index,
                                           const void *priv)
 {
        struct scmi_msg_sensor_axis_description_get *msg = message;
-       const struct scmi_sensor_info *s = priv;
+       const struct scmi_apriv *apriv = priv;
 
        /* Set the number of sensors to be skipped/already read */
-       msg->id = cpu_to_le32(s->id);
+       msg->id = cpu_to_le32(apriv->s->id);
        msg->axis_desc_index = cpu_to_le32(desc_index);
 }
 
        u32 attrh, attrl;
        struct scmi_sensor_axis_info *a;
        size_t dsize = SCMI_MSG_RESP_AXIS_DESCR_BASE_SZ;
-       struct scmi_sensor_info *s = priv;
+       struct scmi_apriv *apriv = priv;
        const struct scmi_axis_descriptor *adesc = st->priv;
 
        attrl = le32_to_cpu(adesc->attributes_low);
+       if (SUPPORTS_EXTENDED_AXIS_NAMES(attrl))
+               apriv->any_axes_support_extended_names = true;
 
-       a = &s->axis[st->desc_index + st->loop_idx];
+       a = &apriv->s->axis[st->desc_index + st->loop_idx];
        a->id = le32_to_cpu(adesc->id);
        a->extended_attrs = SUPPORTS_EXTEND_ATTRS(attrl);
 
                                         void *priv)
 {
        struct scmi_sensor_axis_info *a;
-       const struct scmi_sensor_info *s = priv;
+       const struct scmi_apriv *apriv = priv;
        struct scmi_sensor_axis_name_descriptor *adesc = st->priv;
+       u32 axis_id = le32_to_cpu(adesc->axis_id);
+
+       if (axis_id >= st->max_resources)
+               return -EPROTO;
 
-       a = &s->axis[st->desc_index + st->loop_idx];
+       /*
+        * Pick the corresponding descriptor based on the axis_id embedded
+        * in the reply since the list of axes supporting extended names
+        * can be a subset of all the axes.
+        */
+       a = &apriv->s->axis[axis_id];
        strscpy(a->name, adesc->name, SCMI_MAX_STR_SIZE);
        st->priv = ++adesc;
 
 scmi_sensor_axis_extended_names_get(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph,
                                    struct scmi_sensor_info *s)
 {
+       int ret;
        void *iter;
        struct scmi_iterator_ops ops = {
                .prepare_message = iter_axes_desc_prepare_message,
                .update_state = iter_axes_extended_name_update_state,
                .process_response = iter_axes_extended_name_process_response,
        };
+       struct scmi_apriv apriv = {
+               .any_axes_support_extended_names = false,
+               .s = s,
+       };
 
        iter = ph->hops->iter_response_init(ph, &ops, s->num_axis,
                                            SENSOR_AXIS_NAME_GET,
                                            sizeof(struct scmi_msg_sensor_axis_description_get),
-                                           s);
+                                           &apriv);
        if (IS_ERR(iter))
                return PTR_ERR(iter);
 
-       return ph->hops->iter_response_run(iter);
+       /*
+        * Do not cause whole protocol initialization failure when failing to
+        * get extended names for axes.
+        */
+       ret = ph->hops->iter_response_run(iter);
+       if (ret)
+               dev_warn(ph->dev,
+                        "Failed to get axes extended names for %s (ret:%d).\n",
+                        s->name, ret);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int scmi_sensor_axis_description(const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph,
                .update_state = iter_axes_desc_update_state,
                .process_response = iter_axes_desc_process_response,
        };
+       struct scmi_apriv apriv = {
+               .any_axes_support_extended_names = false,
+               .s = s,
+       };
 
        s->axis = devm_kcalloc(ph->dev, s->num_axis,
                               sizeof(*s->axis), GFP_KERNEL);
        iter = ph->hops->iter_response_init(ph, &ops, s->num_axis,
                                            SENSOR_AXIS_DESCRIPTION_GET,
                                            sizeof(struct scmi_msg_sensor_axis_description_get),
-                                           s);
+                                           &apriv);
        if (IS_ERR(iter))
                return PTR_ERR(iter);
 
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
-       if (PROTOCOL_REV_MAJOR(version) >= 0x3)
+       if (PROTOCOL_REV_MAJOR(version) >= 0x3 &&
+           apriv.any_axes_support_extended_names)
                ret = scmi_sensor_axis_extended_names_get(ph, s);
 
        return ret;