1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c
index 6ccd993e26bf..6eae14d2a3f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fifo.c
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ void vmw_fifo_release(struct vmw_private *dev_priv, struct vmw_fifo_state *fifo)
 
         mutex_lock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
 
+        vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_SYNC, SVGA_SYNC_GENERIC);
         while (vmw_read(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_BUSY) != 0)
-                vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_SYNC, SVGA_SYNC_GENERIC);
+                ;
 
         dev_priv->last_read_seqno = ioread32(fifo_mem + SVGA_FIFO_FENCE);