1 files changed, 9 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
index 8de579473645..97ea46597bea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
@@ -390,20 +390,22 @@ static void radeon_flip_work_func(struct work_struct *__work)
         int r;
 
         down_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
-        while (work->fence) {
+        if (work->fence) {
                 r = radeon_fence_wait(work->fence, false);
                 if (r == -EDEADLK) {
                         up_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
                         r = radeon_gpu_reset(rdev);
                         down_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
                 }
+                if (r)
+                        DRM_ERROR("failed to wait on page flip fence (%d)!\n", r);
 
-                if (r) {
-                        DRM_ERROR("failed to wait on page flip fence (%d)!\n",
-                                  r);
-                        goto cleanup;
-                } else
-                        radeon_fence_unref(&work->fence);
+                /* We continue with the page flip even if we failed to wait on
+                 * the fence, otherwise the DRM core and userspace will be
+                 * confused about which BO the CRTC is scanning out
+                 */
+
+                radeon_fence_unref(&work->fence);
         }
 
         /* do the flip (mmio) */
@@ -418,14 +420,6 @@ static void radeon_flip_work_func(struct work_struct *__work)
         radeon_crtc->flip_status = RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
         up_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
-
-        return;
-
-cleanup:
-        drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(&work->old_rbo->gem_base);
-        radeon_fence_unref(&work->fence);
-        kfree(work);
-        up_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
 }
 
 static int radeon_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,