diff --git a/kernel-open/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-fence.c b/kernel-open/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-fence.c
index 7af1ed7f13..bd52718a2d 100644
--- a/kernel-open/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-fence.c
+++ b/kernel-open/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-fence.c
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ int nv_drm_semsurf_fence_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
     nv_drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(&nv_fence_context->base);
 
 done:
-    return 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 int nv_drm_semsurf_fence_attach_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,