__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
        remove_wait_queue(&dev->lock.lock_queue, &entry);
 
+       DRM_DEBUG("%d %s\n", lock.context, ret ? "interrupted" : "has lock");
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
        sigemptyset(&dev->sigmask);
        sigaddset(&dev->sigmask, SIGSTOP);
        sigaddset(&dev->sigmask, SIGTSTP);
        if (dev->driver->dma_ready && (lock.flags & _DRM_LOCK_READY))
                dev->driver->dma_ready(dev);
 
-       if (dev->driver->dma_quiescent && (lock.flags & _DRM_LOCK_QUIESCENT))
-               return dev->driver->dma_quiescent(dev);
+       if (dev->driver->dma_quiescent && (lock.flags & _DRM_LOCK_QUIESCENT)) {
+               if (dev->driver->dma_quiescent(dev)) {
+                       DRM_DEBUG("%d waiting for DMA quiescent\n", lock.context);
+                       return DRM_ERR(EBUSY);
+               }
+       }
 
        /* dev->driver->kernel_context_switch isn't used by any of the x86
         *  drivers but is used by the Sparc driver.
                dev->driver->kernel_context_switch(dev, dev->last_context,
                                                   lock.context);
        }
-       DRM_DEBUG("%d %s\n", lock.context, ret ? "interrupted" : "has lock");
-
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**