diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 7bf678ee7f81..40c7b268a9bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(struct drm_device *dev,
 					drm_crtc_vblank_count(crtc),
 				msecs_to_jiffies(50));
 
+		WARN(!ret, "[CRTC:%d] vblank wait timed out\n", crtc->base.id);
+
 		drm_crtc_vblank_put(crtc);
 	}
 }