diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index c78930e..7219241 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2566,7 +2566,7 @@
 
 	reg = i915_find_fence_reg(dev, pipelined);
 	if (reg == NULL)
-		return -ENOSPC;
+		return -EDEADLK;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_object_flush_fence(obj, pipelined);
 	if (ret)