diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c
index 02afb313bfea..125c63bdc9b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_mcr.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static void mcr_lock(struct xe_gt *gt)
 	 */
 	if (GRAPHICS_VERx100(xe) >= 1270)
 		ret = xe_mmio_wait32(gt, STEER_SEMAPHORE, 0, 0x1, 10, NULL,
-				     false);
+				     true);
 
 	drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(&xe->drm, ret == -ETIMEDOUT);
 }