diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
index 9a68e9a284381ecfb12dd9fd7922feef19f7c6c6..95dbce286a41347f58b5a4880b9109dea9c831f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
@@ -1047,10 +1047,10 @@ static inline bool is_waiting(struct omap_gem_sync_waiter *waiter)
 {
 	struct omap_gem_object *omap_obj = waiter->omap_obj;
 	if ((waiter->op & OMAP_GEM_READ) &&
-			(omap_obj->sync->read_complete < waiter->read_target))
+			(omap_obj->sync->write_complete < waiter->write_target))
 		return true;
 	if ((waiter->op & OMAP_GEM_WRITE) &&
-			(omap_obj->sync->write_complete < waiter->write_target))
+			(omap_obj->sync->read_complete < waiter->read_target))
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }