diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
index f522c5f99729..a31a90c380b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
@@ -255,13 +255,17 @@ static struct dma_fence *lima_sched_run_job(struct drm_sched_job *job)
 	return task->fence;
 }
 
-static void lima_sched_handle_error_task(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe,
-					 struct lima_sched_task *task)
+static void lima_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *job)
 {
+	struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe = to_lima_pipe(job->sched);
+	struct lima_sched_task *task = to_lima_task(job);
+
+	if (!pipe->error)
+		DRM_ERROR("lima job timeout\n");
+
 	drm_sched_stop(&pipe->base, &task->base);
 
-	if (task)
-		drm_sched_increase_karma(&task->base);
+	drm_sched_increase_karma(&task->base);
 
 	pipe->task_error(pipe);
 
@@ -284,16 +288,6 @@ static void lima_sched_handle_error_task(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe,
 	drm_sched_start(&pipe->base, true);
 }
 
-static void lima_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *job)
-{
-	struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe = to_lima_pipe(job->sched);
-	struct lima_sched_task *task = to_lima_task(job);
-
-	DRM_ERROR("lima job timeout\n");
-
-	lima_sched_handle_error_task(pipe, task);
-}
-
 static void lima_sched_free_job(struct drm_sched_job *job)
 {
 	struct lima_sched_task *task = to_lima_task(job);
@@ -318,15 +312,6 @@ static const struct drm_sched_backend_ops lima_sched_ops = {
 	.free_job = lima_sched_free_job,
 };
 
-static void lima_sched_error_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe =
-		container_of(work, struct lima_sched_pipe, error_work);
-	struct lima_sched_task *task = pipe->current_task;
-
-	lima_sched_handle_error_task(pipe, task);
-}
-
 int lima_sched_pipe_init(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe, const char *name)
 {
 	unsigned int timeout = lima_sched_timeout_ms > 0 ?
@@ -335,8 +320,6 @@ int lima_sched_pipe_init(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe, const char *name)
 	pipe->fence_context = dma_fence_context_alloc(1);
 	spin_lock_init(&pipe->fence_lock);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&pipe->error_work, lima_sched_error_work);
-
 	return drm_sched_init(&pipe->base, &lima_sched_ops, 1, 0,
 			      msecs_to_jiffies(timeout), name);
 }
@@ -349,7 +332,7 @@ void lima_sched_pipe_fini(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe)
 void lima_sched_pipe_task_done(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe)
 {
 	if (pipe->error)
-		schedule_work(&pipe->error_work);
+		drm_sched_fault(&pipe->base);
 	else {
 		struct lima_sched_task *task = pipe->current_task;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.h
index 928af91c1118..1d814fecbcc0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.h
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ struct lima_sched_pipe {
 	void (*task_fini)(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe);
 	void (*task_error)(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe);
 	void (*task_mmu_error)(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe);
-
-	struct work_struct error_work;
 };
 
 int lima_sched_task_init(struct lima_sched_task *task,