diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 6edb2d5ec13c6a2e6d2e7107a0ebf0abd8c7bef4..e754cdfaec79103f75760b9fe17e1f7d7f1974e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -730,8 +730,7 @@ int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (!i915_try_reset)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->struct_mutex))
-		return -EBUSY;
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	i915_gem_reset(dev);