diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ba7f5c6bb50d1f7e5b886ea20e74ed58a9ae5247..ad55b06a3cb1c69754fe60947a183e0af6604e46 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1590,10 +1590,13 @@ int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 out:
 	switch (ret) {
 	case -EIO:
-		/* If this -EIO is due to a gpu hang, give the reset code a
-		 * chance to clean up the mess. Otherwise return the proper
-		 * SIGBUS. */
-		if (i915_terminally_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error)) {
+		/*
+		 * We eat errors when the gpu is terminally wedged to avoid
+		 * userspace unduly crashing (gl has no provisions for mmaps to
+		 * fail). But any other -EIO isn't ours (e.g. swap in failure)
+		 * and so needs to be reported.
+		 */
+		if (!i915_terminally_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error)) {
 			ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 			break;
 		}