diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 1a15b7886b8c0ee0ade77d5493b3578b903d7ecf..64844e2e9f8668de80760079a06f7401bf9efa08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev, u8 flags)
 	bool need_display = true;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->struct_mutex))
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	i915_gem_reset(dev);