diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
index 6ed673d75f9f..579c6de10c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
@@ -62,16 +62,12 @@ static long qxl_fence_wait(struct dma_fence *fence, bool intr,
 
 	qdev = container_of(fence->lock, struct qxl_device, release_lock);
 
-	if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-		goto signaled;
-
-	qxl_io_notify_oom(qdev);
 	if (!wait_event_timeout(qdev->release_event,
-				dma_fence_is_signaled(fence),
+				(dma_fence_is_signaled(fence) ||
+				 (qxl_io_notify_oom(qdev), 0)),
 				timeout))
 		return 0;
 
-signaled:
 	cur = jiffies;
 	if (time_after(cur, end))
 		return 0;