diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gemfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gemfs.c
index dbdbdc344d873..182da3c047717 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gemfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gemfs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 int i915_gemfs_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
+	char huge_opt[] = "huge=within_size"; /* r/w */
 	struct file_system_type *type;
 	struct vfsmount *gemfs;
 	char *opts;
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ int i915_gemfs_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	opts = NULL;
 	if (intel_vtd_active()) {
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
-			static char huge_opt[] = "huge=within_size"; /* r/w */
-
 			opts = huge_opt;
 			drm_info(&i915->drm,
 				 "Transparent Hugepage mode '%s'\n",