diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 9ed8ecd..f3f681f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;                \
 	if (I915_VERBOSE)						\
 		DRM_DEBUG("   BEGIN_LP_RING %x\n", (int)(n));		\
-	intel_ring_begin(dev, &dev_priv->render_ring, 4*(n));		\
+	intel_ring_begin(dev, &dev_priv->render_ring, (n));		\
 } while (0)
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index cea4f1a..a3cac57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 #if WATCH_EXEC
 		DRM_INFO("%s: queue flush %08x to ring\n", __func__, cmd);
 #endif
-		intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 8);
+		intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 2);
 		intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, cmd);
 		intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, MI_NOOP);
 		intel_ring_advance(dev, ring);
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 		u32     invalidate_domains,
 		u32     flush_domains)
 {
-	intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 8);
+	intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 2);
 	intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, MI_FLUSH);
 	intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, MI_NOOP);
 	intel_ring_advance(dev, ring);
@@ -721,8 +721,9 @@
 }
 
 void intel_ring_begin(struct drm_device *dev,
-		struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n)
+		struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int num_dwords)
 {
+	int n = 4*num_dwords;
 	if (unlikely(ring->tail + n > ring->size))
 		intel_wrap_ring_buffer(dev, ring);
 	if (unlikely(ring->space < n))
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned int *virt = ring->virtual_start + ring->tail;
 	BUG_ON((len&~(4-1)) != 0);
-	intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, len);
+	intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, len/4);
 	memcpy(virt, data, len);
 	ring->tail += len;
 	ring->tail &= ring->size - 1;