diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 72b7f7d9461def216a4283267de74d32384bef43..f31deeb727039fe9908efd6e7af4ac0565a968b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -1025,8 +1025,13 @@ __i915_request_wait_for_execute(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if (!timeout) {
+			timeout = -ETIME;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		timeout = io_schedule_timeout(timeout);
-	} while (timeout);
+	} while (1);
 	finish_wait(&request->execute.wait, &wait);
 
 	if (flags & I915_WAIT_LOCKED)