diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_bo.c b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_bo.c
index 1d6dd720602..bd1f6cf8c8c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_bo.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_bo.c
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ struct lima_bo *lima_bo_import(struct lima_screen *screen,
 bool lima_bo_wait(struct lima_bo *bo, uint32_t op, uint64_t timeout_ns)
 {
    int64_t abs_timeout = os_time_get_absolute_timeout(timeout_ns);
+   if (abs_timeout == OS_TIMEOUT_INFINITE)
+      abs_timeout = INT64_MAX;
+
    struct drm_lima_gem_wait req = {
       .handle = bo->handle,
       .op = op,
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_submit.c b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_submit.c
index 3b5145f3bc4..92909451db4 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_submit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_submit.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ bool lima_submit_start(struct lima_submit *submit, void *frame, uint32_t size)
 bool lima_submit_wait(struct lima_submit *submit, uint64_t timeout_ns)
 {
    int64_t abs_timeout = os_time_get_absolute_timeout(timeout_ns);
+   if (abs_timeout == OS_TIMEOUT_INFINITE)
+      abs_timeout = INT64_MAX;
 
    return !drmSyncobjWait(submit->screen->fd, &submit->out_sync, 1, abs_timeout, 0, NULL);
 }