diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index d9e337feef14f..f2a546ef68707 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1390,14 +1390,11 @@ int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		if (i915_terminally_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error))
 			return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	case -EAGAIN:
-		/* Give the error handler a chance to run and move the
-		 * objects off the GPU active list. Next time we service the
-		 * fault, we should be able to transition the page into the
-		 * GTT without touching the GPU (and so avoid further
-		 * EIO/EGAIN). If the GPU is wedged, then there is no issue
-		 * with coherency, just lost writes.
+		/*
+		 * EAGAIN means the gpu is hung and we'll wait for the error
+		 * handler to reset everything when re-faulting in
+		 * i915_mutex_lock_interruptible.
 		 */
-		set_need_resched();
 	case 0:
 	case -ERESTARTSYS:
 	case -EINTR: