diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 583286f392998137b3442cc15b67e73ff81d34db..29eacfa29cfb6952c38b89d8e51883890d9125f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ int msm_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 out:
 	switch (ret) {
 	case -EAGAIN:
-		set_need_resched();
 	case 0:
 	case -ERESTARTSYS:
 	case -EINTR: