diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
index baa714c8ec70..9ac30560e9b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
@@ -578,6 +578,11 @@ fail:
 	case 0:
 	case -ERESTARTSYS:
 	case -EINTR:
+	case -EBUSY:
+		/*
+		 * EBUSY is ok: this just means that another thread
+		 * already did the job.
+		 */
 		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 	case -ENOMEM:
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;