diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 6908123162d1..c45af09555dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3029,6 +3029,16 @@ i915_gem_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 		args->timeout_ns -= ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start));
 		if (args->timeout_ns < 0)
 			args->timeout_ns = 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * Apparently ktime isn't accurate enough and occasionally has a
+		 * bit of mismatch in the jiffies<->nsecs<->ktime loop. So patch
+		 * things up to make the test happy. We allow up to 1 jiffy.
+		 *
+		 * This is a regression from the timespec->ktime conversion.
+		 */
+		if (ret == -ETIME && !nsecs_to_jiffies(args->timeout_ns))
+			args->timeout_ns = 0;
 	}
 
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);