diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index c0df71d7d0ff1..182a2995f674b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -1017,8 +1017,10 @@ i915_request_await_request(struct i915_request *to, struct i915_request *from)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(to == from);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(to->timeline == from->timeline);
 
-	if (i915_request_completed(from))
+	if (i915_request_completed(from)) {
+		i915_sw_fence_set_error_once(&to->submit, from->fence.error);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (to->engine->schedule) {
 		ret = i915_sched_node_add_dependency(&to->sched, &from->sched);