diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index bec9c3652188b..970d8f4986bbe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ __i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 	u32 seqno;
 	int ret;
 
-	might_sleep_if(gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp));
+	might_alloc(gfp);
 
 	/* Check that the caller provided an already pinned context */
 	__intel_context_pin(ce);