diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
index edb881d7563099926023c8a3cd8c34236afc720e..1dfd01668c79c638aa525d9f6a224b904bf381f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ out_active:	spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 	if (remaining_timeout)
 		*remaining_timeout = timeout;
 
-	return active_count ? timeout : 0;
+	return active_count ? timeout ?: -ETIME : 0;
 }
 
 static void retire_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)