Index: source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContextLinux_arm.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContextLinux_arm.cpp
+++ source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContextLinux_arm.cpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
     error = ReadHardwareDebugInfo ();
 
     if (error.Fail())
-        return LLDB_INVALID_INDEX32;
+        return 0;
 
     return m_max_hwp_supported;
 }
Index: source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContextLinux_arm64.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContextLinux_arm64.cpp
+++ source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContextLinux_arm64.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
     error = ReadHardwareDebugInfo ();
 
     if (error.Fail())
-        return LLDB_INVALID_INDEX32;
+        return 0;
 
     return m_max_hwp_supported;
 }
Index: source/Target/Target.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Target/Target.cpp
+++ source/Target/Target.cpp
@@ -712,9 +712,20 @@
     if (rc.Success())
     {
         uint32_t num_current_watchpoints = target->GetWatchpointList().GetSize();
-        if (num_current_watchpoints >= num_supported_hardware_watchpoints)
-            error.SetErrorStringWithFormat("number of supported hardware watchpoints (%u) has been reached",
+        if (num_supported_hardware_watchpoints == 0)
+        {
+            error.SetErrorStringWithFormat ("Target supports (%u) hardware watchpoint slots.\n",
+                    num_supported_hardware_watchpoints);
+            return false;
+        }
+        else if (num_current_watchpoints >= num_supported_hardware_watchpoints)
+        {
+            error.SetErrorStringWithFormat("All (%u) hardware watchpoint slots already in use.\n",
                                            num_supported_hardware_watchpoints);
+            return false;
+        }
+        else
+            return true;
     }
     return false;
 }
@@ -750,6 +761,9 @@
         error.SetErrorStringWithFormat ("invalid watchpoint type: %d", kind);
     }
 
+    if (!CheckIfWatchpointsExhausted (this, error))
+        return wp_sp;
+
     // Currently we only support one watchpoint per address, with total number
     // of watchpoints limited by the hardware which the inferior is running on.
 
@@ -798,11 +812,9 @@
         // Remove the said watchpoint from the list maintained by the target instance.
         m_watchpoint_list.Remove (wp_sp->GetID(), true);
         // See if we could provide more helpful error message.
-        if (!CheckIfWatchpointsExhausted(this, error))
-        {
-            if (!OptionGroupWatchpoint::IsWatchSizeSupported(size))
-                error.SetErrorStringWithFormat("watch size of %" PRIu64 " is not supported", (uint64_t)size);
-        }
+        if (!OptionGroupWatchpoint::IsWatchSizeSupported(size))
+            error.SetErrorStringWithFormat("watch size of %" PRIu64 " is not supported", (uint64_t)size);
+
         wp_sp.reset();
     }
     else