diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
index e63329bc80659..c29efdef8313a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static vm_fault_t vm_fault_gtt(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_rpm;
 
-	ret = intel_gt_reset_trylock(ggtt->vm.gt, &srcu);
+	ret = intel_gt_reset_lock_interruptible(ggtt->vm.gt, &srcu);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_pages;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
index 3159df6cdd492..24736ebee17c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
@@ -1407,15 +1407,19 @@ void intel_gt_handle_error(struct intel_gt *gt,
 	intel_runtime_pm_put(gt->uncore->rpm, wakeref);
 }
 
-int intel_gt_reset_trylock(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu)
+static int _intel_gt_reset_lock(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu, bool retry)
 {
 	might_lock(&gt->reset.backoff_srcu);
-	might_sleep();
+	if (retry)
+		might_sleep();
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	while (test_bit(I915_RESET_BACKOFF, &gt->reset.flags)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
+		if (!retry)
+			return -EBUSY;
+
 		if (wait_event_interruptible(gt->reset.queue,
 					     !test_bit(I915_RESET_BACKOFF,
 						       &gt->reset.flags)))
@@ -1429,6 +1433,16 @@ int intel_gt_reset_trylock(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int intel_gt_reset_trylock(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu)
+{
+	return _intel_gt_reset_lock(gt, srcu, false);
+}
+
+int intel_gt_reset_lock_interruptible(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu)
+{
+	return _intel_gt_reset_lock(gt, srcu, true);
+}
+
 void intel_gt_reset_unlock(struct intel_gt *gt, int tag)
 __releases(&gt->reset.backoff_srcu)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.h
index adc734e673870..25c975b6e8fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int __intel_engine_reset_bh(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 void __i915_request_reset(struct i915_request *rq, bool guilty);
 
 int __must_check intel_gt_reset_trylock(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu);
+int __must_check intel_gt_reset_lock_interruptible(struct intel_gt *gt, int *srcu);
 void intel_gt_reset_unlock(struct intel_gt *gt, int tag);
 
 void intel_gt_set_wedged(struct intel_gt *gt);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index 8fbc363564607..412c2624e1190 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -1401,7 +1401,9 @@ static void guc_timestamp_ping(struct work_struct *wrk)
 
 	/*
 	 * Synchronize with gt reset to make sure the worker does not
-	 * corrupt the engine/guc stats.
+	 * corrupt the engine/guc stats. NB: can't actually block waiting
+	 * for a reset to complete as the reset requires flushing out
+	 * this worker thread if started. So waiting would deadlock.
 	 */
 	ret = intel_gt_reset_trylock(gt, &srcu);
 	if (ret)