diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
index 78743cd70433d2e5b7821f3cfb3415b5799b7aa0..cb4cd97ae39fa811d9bf68912f709b47270fe0d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ int radeon_fence_wait(struct radeon_fence *fence, bool intr)
 		r = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(rdev->fence_drv.queue,
 				radeon_fence_signaled(fence), timeout);
 		radeon_irq_kms_sw_irq_put(rdev);
-		if (unlikely(r != 0))
+		if (unlikely(r < 0))
 			return r;
 	} else {
 		radeon_irq_kms_sw_irq_get(rdev);