diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 68526f467c87eb0dfc29f7d4f4bd3126e901e2f8..748c26340c35eb37c33a432dfd5df276066fda6f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3588,6 +3588,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		if (ret != 0) {
 			DRM_ERROR("copy %d cliprects failed: %d\n",
 				  args->num_cliprects, ret);
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto pre_mutex_err;
 		}
 	}