diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_arcturus.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_arcturus.c
index 2320df51c914..18135d8235f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_arcturus.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_arcturus.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int suspend_resume_compute_scheduler(struct amdgpu_device *adev, bool sus
 			if (r)
 				goto out;
 		} else {
-			drm_sched_start(&ring->sched);
+			drm_sched_start(&ring->sched, 0);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
index c186fdb198ad..861827deb03f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
@@ -5862,7 +5862,7 @@ int amdgpu_device_gpu_recover(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 			if (!amdgpu_ring_sched_ready(ring))
 				continue;
 
-			drm_sched_start(&ring->sched);
+			drm_sched_start(&ring->sched, 0);
 		}
 
 		if (!drm_drv_uses_atomic_modeset(adev_to_drm(tmp_adev)) && !job_signaled)
@@ -6360,7 +6360,7 @@ void amdgpu_pci_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		if (!amdgpu_ring_sched_ready(ring))
 			continue;
 
-		drm_sched_start(&ring->sched);
+		drm_sched_start(&ring->sched, 0);
 	}
 
 	amdgpu_device_unset_mp1_state(adev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
index c53641aa146f..2c8666f8ec4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat etnaviv_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job
 
 	drm_sched_resubmit_jobs(&gpu->sched);
 
-	drm_sched_start(&gpu->sched);
+	drm_sched_start(&gpu->sched, 0);
 	return DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
 
 out_no_timeout:
 	/* restart scheduler after GPU is usable again */
-	drm_sched_start(&gpu->sched);
+	drm_sched_start(&gpu->sched, 0);
 	return DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c
index 20cb46012082..c4f08432882b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static void pvr_queue_start(struct pvr_queue *queue)
 		}
 	}
 
-	drm_sched_start(&queue->scheduler);
+	drm_sched_start(&queue->scheduler, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ pvr_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *s_job)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&pvr_dev->queues.lock);
 
-	drm_sched_start(sched);
+	drm_sched_start(sched, 0);
 
 	return DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
index 1a944edb6ddc..b40c90e97d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat lima_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *job
 	lima_pm_idle(ldev);
 
 	drm_sched_resubmit_jobs(&pipe->base);
-	drm_sched_start(&pipe->base);
+	drm_sched_start(&pipe->base, 0);
 
 	return DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sched.c
index eb6c3f9a01f5..4412f2711fb5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sched.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ nouveau_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 	else
 		NV_PRINTK(warn, job->cli, "Generic job timeout.\n");
 
-	drm_sched_start(sched);
+	drm_sched_start(sched, 0);
 
 	return stat;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
index df49d37d0e7e..d140800606bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ panfrost_reset(struct panfrost_device *pfdev,
 
 	/* Restart the schedulers */
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_JOB_SLOTS; i++)
-		drm_sched_start(&pfdev->js->queue[i].sched);
+		drm_sched_start(&pfdev->js->queue[i].sched, 0);
 
 	/* Re-enable job interrupts now that everything has been restarted. */
 	job_write(pfdev, JOB_INT_MASK,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
index d47972806d50..e630cdf47f99 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void panthor_vm_stop(struct panthor_vm *vm)
 
 static void panthor_vm_start(struct panthor_vm *vm)
 {
-	drm_sched_start(&vm->sched);
+	drm_sched_start(&vm->sched, 0);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index ab53ab486fe6..f093616fe53c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -674,9 +674,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_stop);
  * drm_sched_start - recover jobs after a reset
  *
  * @sched: scheduler instance
+ * @errno: error to set on the pending fences
  *
  */
-void drm_sched_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
+void drm_sched_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, int errno)
 {
 	struct drm_sched_job *s_job, *tmp;
 
@@ -691,13 +692,13 @@ void drm_sched_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 		atomic_add(s_job->credits, &sched->credit_count);
 
 		if (!fence) {
-			drm_sched_job_done(s_job, -ECANCELED);
+			drm_sched_job_done(s_job, errno ?: -ECANCELED);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		if (dma_fence_add_callback(fence, &s_job->cb,
 					   drm_sched_job_done_cb))
-			drm_sched_job_done(s_job, fence->error);
+			drm_sched_job_done(s_job, fence->error ?: errno);
 	}
 
 	drm_sched_start_timeout_unlocked(sched);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_sched.c
index 42d4f4a2dba2..cac02284cd19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_sched.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ v3d_gpu_reset_for_timeout(struct v3d_dev *v3d, struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 
 	/* Unblock schedulers and restart their jobs. */
 	for (q = 0; q < V3D_MAX_QUEUES; q++) {
-		drm_sched_start(&v3d->queue[q].sched);
+		drm_sched_start(&v3d->queue[q].sched, 0);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&v3d->reset_lock);
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index fe8edb917360..a8d19b10f9b8 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ bool drm_sched_wqueue_ready(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 void drm_sched_wqueue_stop(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 void drm_sched_wqueue_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 void drm_sched_stop(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, struct drm_sched_job *bad);
-void drm_sched_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
+void drm_sched_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, int errno);
 void drm_sched_resubmit_jobs(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 void drm_sched_increase_karma(struct drm_sched_job *bad);
 void drm_sched_reset_karma(struct drm_sched_job *bad);
