diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index f1b00fbb0..8208f07fc 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ def create_app(
     app.storage_maintainer = storage_maintainer
     app.plus_api = plus_api
     app.camera_error_image = None
+    app.hwaccel_errors = []
 
     app.register_blueprint(bp)
 
@@ -761,7 +762,11 @@ def version():
 
 @bp.route("/stats")
 def stats():
-    stats = stats_snapshot(current_app.frigate_config, current_app.stats_tracking, [])
+    stats = stats_snapshot(
+        current_app.frigate_config,
+        current_app.stats_tracking,
+        current_app.hwaccel_errors,
+    )
     return jsonify(stats)
 
 
@@ -861,7 +866,9 @@ def latest_frame(camera_name):
 @bp.route("/recordings/storage", methods=["GET"])
 def get_recordings_storage_usage():
     recording_stats = stats_snapshot(
-        current_app.frigate_config, current_app.stats_tracking, []
+        current_app.frigate_config,
+        current_app.stats_tracking,
+        current_app.hwaccel_errors,
     )["service"]["storage"][RECORD_DIR]
     total_mb = recording_stats["total"]
 
diff --git a/frigate/stats.py b/frigate/stats.py
index e2da10bb8..97eba0bb9 100644
--- a/frigate/stats.py
+++ b/frigate/stats.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ async def set_gpu_stats(
         if isinstance(args, list):
             args = " ".join(args)
 
-        if args and args not in hwaccel_args and args not in hwaccel_errors:
+        if args and args not in hwaccel_args:
             hwaccel_args.append(args)
 
         for stream_input in camera.ffmpeg.inputs:
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ async def set_gpu_stats(
     stats: dict[str, dict] = {}
 
     for args in hwaccel_args:
-        if "cuvid" in args or "nvidia" in args:
+        if args in hwaccel_errors:
+            # known erroring args should automatically return as error
+            stats["error-gpu"] = {"gpu": -1, "mem": -1}
+        elif "cuvid" in args or "nvidia" in args:
             # nvidia GPU
             nvidia_usage = get_nvidia_gpu_stats()