signed long timeout)
 {
        struct qxl_device *qdev;
-       struct qxl_release *release;
-       int count = 0, sc = 0;
-       bool have_drawable_releases;
        unsigned long cur, end = jiffies + timeout;
 
        qdev = container_of(fence->lock, struct qxl_device, release_lock);
-       release = container_of(fence, struct qxl_release, base);
-       have_drawable_releases = release->type == QXL_RELEASE_DRAWABLE;
-
-retry:
-       sc++;
-
-       if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-               goto signaled;
-
-       qxl_io_notify_oom(qdev);
-
-       for (count = 0; count < 11; count++) {
-               if (!qxl_queue_garbage_collect(qdev, true))
-                       break;
-
-               if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-                       goto signaled;
-       }
-
-       if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-               goto signaled;
 
-       if (have_drawable_releases || sc < 4) {
-               if (sc > 2)
-                       /* back off */
-                       usleep_range(500, 1000);
-
-               if (time_after(jiffies, end))
-                       return 0;
-
-               if (have_drawable_releases && sc > 300) {
-                       DMA_FENCE_WARN(fence,
-                                      "failed to wait on release %llu after spincount %d\n",
-                                      fence->context & ~0xf0000000, sc);
-                       goto signaled;
-               }
-               goto retry;
-       }
-       /*
-        * yeah, original sync_obj_wait gave up after 3 spins when
-        * have_drawable_releases is not set.
-        */
+       if (!wait_event_timeout(qdev->release_event,
+                               (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence) ||
+                                (qxl_io_notify_oom(qdev), 0)),
+                               timeout))
+               return 0;
 
-signaled:
        cur = jiffies;
        if (time_after(cur, end))
                return 0;
 
        return dma_fence_is_array(fence) || dma_fence_is_chain(fence);
 }
 
-#define DMA_FENCE_WARN(f, fmt, args...) \
-       do {                                                            \
-               struct dma_fence *__ff = (f);                           \
-               pr_warn("f %llu#%llu: " fmt, __ff->context, __ff->seqno,\
-                        ##args);                                       \
-       } while (0)
-
 #endif /* __LINUX_DMA_FENCE_H */