diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index e798155..8285c08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2463,7 +2463,6 @@
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	request->ring = ring;
 	request->head = request_start;
 	request->tail = request_ring_position;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 1ed25a1..b13221b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@
 	}
 
 	kref_init(&request->ref);
+	request->ring = ring;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &request->seqno);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index abdaafd..788e1b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2044,6 +2044,7 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	kref_init(&request->ref);
+	request->ring = ring;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &request->seqno);
 	if (ret) {