diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 18acb45dd14d..843a5de4300d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static int workload_thread(void *priv)
 		if (lret < 0) {
 			workload->status = lret;
 			gvt_err("fail to wait workload, skip\n");
+		} else {
+			workload->status = 0;
 		}
 
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