diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index cfa9286..425200b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1756,9 +1756,11 @@
 void i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gpu_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gem_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
-int i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
-		     struct drm_file *file,
-		     u32 *seqno);
+int __i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
+		       struct drm_file *file,
+		       u32 *seqno);
+#define i915_add_request(ring, seqno) \
+	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, seqno);
 int __must_check i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 				 uint32_t seqno);
 int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 58048d4..38e2087 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@
 
 	ret = 0;
 	if (seqno == ring->outstanding_lazy_request)
-		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL);
+		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2000,10 +2000,9 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
-i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
-		 struct drm_file *file,
-		 u32 *out_seqno)
+int __i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
+		       struct drm_file *file,
+		       u32 *out_seqno)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
@@ -2280,7 +2279,7 @@
 	idle = true;
 	for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
 		if (ring->gpu_caches_dirty)
-			i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL);
+			i915_add_request(ring, NULL);
 
 		idle &= list_empty(&ring->request_list);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index f5ea3c1..ff47145 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 		from->obj->dirty = 1;
 		BUG_ON(from->obj->ring != ring);
 
-		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL);
+		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			/* Too late, we've already scheduled a context switch.
 			 * Try to undo the change so that the hw state is
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index c98333d..d79ac7a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
 	ring->gpu_caches_dirty = true;
 
 	/* Add a breadcrumb for the completion of the batch buffer */
-	(void)i915_add_request(ring, file, NULL);
+	(void)__i915_add_request(ring, file, NULL);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
index 836794b..a369881 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(overlay->last_flip_req);
-	ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL, &overlay->last_flip_req);
+	ret = i915_add_request(ring, &overlay->last_flip_req);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, flip_addr);
 	intel_ring_advance(ring);
 
-	return i915_add_request(ring, NULL, &overlay->last_flip_req);
+	return i915_add_request(ring, &overlay->last_flip_req);
 }
 
 static void intel_overlay_release_old_vid_tail(struct intel_overlay *overlay)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index a3cfa35..e51ab55 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@
 
 	/* We need to add any requests required to flush the objects and ring */
 	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request) {
-		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL);
+		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}