diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 9e5e3ca722cdfcf55abcb5d67513250bd2e2c49e..6c25c8520c872a7e9e374914b7d76e381dc75ca3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -4176,6 +4176,11 @@ static inline unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies_timeout(const unsigned int m)
 
 static inline unsigned long nsecs_to_jiffies_timeout(const u64 n)
 {
+	/* nsecs_to_jiffies64() does not guard against overflow */
+	if (NSEC_PER_SEC % HZ &&
+	    div_u64(n, NSEC_PER_SEC) >= MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET / HZ)
+		return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
+
         return min_t(u64, MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET, nsecs_to_jiffies64(n) + 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 887fff281f4efcfe8eb5591780505c2993ba08bd..5a3f3bb3f21d8544f81f199364d7364c8266dc3f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ static unsigned long to_wait_timeout(s64 timeout_ns)
  *  -ERESTARTSYS: signal interrupted the wait
  *  -ENONENT: object doesn't exist
  * Also possible, but rare:
- *  -EAGAIN: GPU wedged
+ *  -EAGAIN: incomplete, restart syscall
  *  -ENOMEM: damn
  *  -ENODEV: Internal IRQ fail
  *  -E?: The add request failed
@@ -3334,6 +3334,10 @@ i915_gem_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 		 */
 		if (ret == -ETIME && !nsecs_to_jiffies(args->timeout_ns))
 			args->timeout_ns = 0;
+
+		/* Asked to wait beyond the jiffie/scheduler precision? */
+		if (ret == -ETIME && args->timeout_ns)
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);