diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
index 8a322594210c4..f282a26131c0b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static struct i915_fence_reg *fence_find(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt)
 	if (intel_has_pending_fb_unpin(ggtt->vm.i915))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
-	return ERR_PTR(-EDEADLK);
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOBUFS);
 }
 
 int __i915_vma_pin_fence(struct i915_vma *vma)