signed long timeout)
 {
        struct qxl_device *qdev;
-       struct qxl_release *release;
-       int count = 0, sc = 0;
-       bool have_drawable_releases;
        unsigned long cur, end = jiffies + timeout;
 
        qdev = container_of(fence->lock, struct qxl_device, release_lock);
-       release = container_of(fence, struct qxl_release, base);
-       have_drawable_releases = release->type == QXL_RELEASE_DRAWABLE;
-
-retry:
-       sc++;
 
        if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
                goto signaled;
 
        qxl_io_notify_oom(qdev);
-
-       for (count = 0; count < 11; count++) {
-               if (!qxl_queue_garbage_collect(qdev, true))
-                       break;
-
-               if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-                       goto signaled;
-       }
-
-       if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-               goto signaled;
-
-       if (have_drawable_releases || sc < 4) {
-               if (sc > 2)
-                       /* back off */
-                       usleep_range(500, 1000);
-
-               if (time_after(jiffies, end))
-                       return 0;
-
-               if (have_drawable_releases && sc > 300) {
-                       DMA_FENCE_WARN(fence, "failed to wait on release %llu "
-                                      "after spincount %d\n",
-                                      fence->context & ~0xf0000000, sc);
-                       goto signaled;
-               }
-               goto retry;
-       }
-       /*
-        * yeah, original sync_obj_wait gave up after 3 spins when
-        * have_drawable_releases is not set.
-        */
+       if (!wait_event_timeout(qdev->release_event,
+                               dma_fence_is_signaled(fence),
+                               timeout))
+               return 0;
 
 signaled:
        cur = jiffies;