diff --git a/drivers/base/sync.c b/drivers/base/sync.c
index 775cab546fe6..f35a975297f4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sync.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sync.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ int sync_fence_wait(struct sync_fence *fence, long timeout)
 		return fence->status;
 	}
 
-	if (fence->status == 0) {
+	if (fence->status == 0 && timeout > 0) {
 		pr_info("fence timeout on [%p] after %dms\n", fence,
 			jiffies_to_msecs(timeout));
 		sync_dump();