diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
index 90edf2b281b0..656e9ac2d028 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ dma_fence_wait_timeout(struct dma_fence *fence, bool intr, signed long timeout)
 	if (WARN_ON(timeout < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	might_sleep();
+
 	trace_dma_fence_wait_start(fence);
 	if (fence->ops->wait)
 		ret = fence->ops->wait(fence, intr, timeout);