diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
index 1b22d8bfe142..1ceb4f22dd89 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
@@ -283,12 +283,8 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	timeout = ktime_add_ms(ktime_get(), 1000);
 
-	ret = msm_wait_fence_interruptable(dev, c->fence, &timeout);
-	if (ret) {
-		WARN_ON(ret);  // TODO unswap state back?  or??
-		commit_destroy(c);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	/* uninterruptible wait */
+	msm_wait_fence(dev, c->fence, &timeout, false);
 
 	complete_commit(c);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index b7ef56ed8d1c..d3467b115e04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ static void msm_debugfs_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor)
  * Fences:
  */
 
-int msm_wait_fence_interruptable(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fence,
-		ktime_t *timeout)
+int msm_wait_fence(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fence,
+		ktime_t *timeout , bool interruptible)
 {
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret;
@@ -667,7 +667,12 @@ int msm_wait_fence_interruptable(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fence,
 			remaining_jiffies = timespec_to_jiffies(&ts);
 		}
 
-		ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(priv->fence_event,
+		if (interruptible)
+			ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(priv->fence_event,
+				fence_completed(dev, fence),
+				remaining_jiffies);
+		else
+			ret = wait_event_timeout(priv->fence_event,
 				fence_completed(dev, fence),
 				remaining_jiffies);
 
@@ -853,7 +858,7 @@ static int msm_ioctl_wait_fence(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	return msm_wait_fence_interruptable(dev, args->fence, &timeout);
+	return msm_wait_fence(dev, args->fence, &timeout, true);
 }
 
 static const struct drm_ioctl_desc msm_ioctls[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
index e7c5ea125d45..4ff0ec9c994b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 int msm_register_mmu(struct drm_device *dev, struct msm_mmu *mmu);
 
-int msm_wait_fence_interruptable(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fence,
-		ktime_t *timeout);
+int msm_wait_fence(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fence,
+		ktime_t *timeout, bool interruptible);
 int msm_queue_fence_cb(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct msm_fence_cb *cb, uint32_t fence);
 void msm_update_fence(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fence);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index f211b80e3a1e..c76cc853b08a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int msm_gem_cpu_prep(struct drm_gem_object *obj, uint32_t op, ktime_t *timeout)
 		if (op & MSM_PREP_NOSYNC)
 			timeout = NULL;
 
-		ret = msm_wait_fence_interruptable(dev, fence, timeout);
+		ret = msm_wait_fence(dev, fence, timeout, true);
 	}
 
 	/* TODO cache maintenance */