diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index 9eb96fb2c147..26a2da1f712d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ retry:
 	ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, outcnt, incnt, vbuf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
 		spin_unlock(&vgdev->ctrlq.qlock);
-		wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue, vq->num_free);
+		wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue, vq->num_free >= outcnt + incnt);
 		spin_lock(&vgdev->ctrlq.qlock);
 		goto retry;
 	} else {
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ retry:
 	ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, outcnt, 0, vbuf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
 		spin_unlock(&vgdev->cursorq.qlock);
-		wait_event(vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue, vq->num_free);
+		wait_event(vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue, vq->num_free >= outcnt);
 		spin_lock(&vgdev->cursorq.qlock);
 		goto retry;
 	} else {