diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index f77e44958037e02459940f3d9413a957e391b293..ab9062e5097770be99ff6fefc7f6faddc9085738 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ nouveau_gem_pushbuf_reloc_apply(struct nouveau_cli *cli,
 				struct drm_nouveau_gem_pushbuf_reloc *reloc,
 				struct drm_nouveau_gem_pushbuf_bo *bo)
 {
-	long ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < req->nr_relocs; i++) {
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ nouveau_gem_pushbuf_reloc_apply(struct nouveau_cli *cli,
 		struct drm_nouveau_gem_pushbuf_bo *b;
 		struct nouveau_bo *nvbo;
 		uint32_t data;
+		long lret;
 
 		if (unlikely(r->bo_index >= req->nr_buffers)) {
 			NV_PRINTK(err, cli, "reloc bo index invalid\n");
@@ -703,13 +704,18 @@ nouveau_gem_pushbuf_reloc_apply(struct nouveau_cli *cli,
 				data |= r->vor;
 		}
 
-		ret = dma_resv_wait_timeout(nvbo->bo.base.resv,
-					    DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP,
-					    false, 15 * HZ);
-		if (ret == 0)
+		lret = dma_resv_wait_timeout(nvbo->bo.base.resv,
+					     DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP,
+					     false, 15 * HZ);
+		if (!lret)
 			ret = -EBUSY;
+		else if (lret > 0)
+			ret = 0;
+		else
+			ret = lret;
+
 		if (ret) {
-			NV_PRINTK(err, cli, "reloc wait_idle failed: %ld\n",
+			NV_PRINTK(err, cli, "reloc wait_idle failed: %d\n",
 				  ret);
 			break;
 		}