diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
index 5cd10cf579856abd54189a416ae31445bc8f9d60..a4d6f5ec627ef6b2ee23cb1eeef05057ae64186a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int omap_crtc_page_flip_locked(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	if (omap_crtc->old_fb) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
 		dev_err(dev->dev, "already a pending flip\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	omap_crtc->event = event;