diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
index dde309821237..b4921a627ff3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
@@ -1037,6 +1037,13 @@ static int xe_bo_move(struct ttm_buffer_object *ttm_bo, bool evict,
 		} else {
 			drm_dbg(&xe->drm, "Evict system allocator BO failed=%pe\n",
 				ERR_PTR(ret));
+			/*
+			 * The semantic we want upon SVM eviction failure
+			 * because of racing access is keep walking for
+			 * eviction, which is -ENOSPC.
+			 */
+			if (ret == -EBUSY)
+				ret = -ENOSPC;
 		}
 
 		goto out;