diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 291939de299e..e587d251c590 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ out:
 	case 0:
 	case -ERESTARTSYS:
 	case -EINTR:
+	case -EBUSY:
+		/*
+		 * EBUSY is ok: this just means that another thread
+		 * already did the job.
+		 */
 		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 	case -ENOMEM:
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;