diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
index a5fbf1c1e0ea..406b4e26f538 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
@@ -763,11 +763,11 @@ dma_fence_default_wait(struct dma_fence *fence, bool intr, signed long timeout)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	signed long ret = timeout ? timeout : 1;
 
-	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
-		return ret;
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(fence->lock, flags);
 
+	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (intr && signal_pending(current)) {
 		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
 		goto out;