diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
index 9e5eae1207e4e794b40a0f774e5ed1c4dfed0ac9..ec41eba09b6768beb5a4957318bff64b9ae3871f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
@@ -1517,15 +1517,15 @@ static int amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 			continue;
 
 		r = dma_fence_wait_timeout(fence, true, timeout);
+		if (r > 0 && fence->error)
+			r = fence->error;
+
 		dma_fence_put(fence);
 		if (r < 0)
 			return r;
 
 		if (r == 0)
 			break;
-
-		if (fence->error)
-			return fence->error;
 	}
 
 	memset(wait, 0, sizeof(*wait));