diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index fa074cec858733f29a747ebb8959fddb501801b8..18025fd45d40d86ab4ac6a864267f4778b92dbdd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,8 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_rendering__nonblocking(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	/* Manually manage the write flush as we may have not yet
 	 * retired the buffer.
 	 */
-	if (obj->last_write_seqno &&
+	if (ret == 0 &&
+	    obj->last_write_seqno &&
 	    i915_seqno_passed(seqno, obj->last_write_seqno)) {
 		obj->last_write_seqno = 0;
 		obj->base.write_domain &= ~I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS;