diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index c3937640b1199810c299131b0610608c816d8eed..667dda7668cb1bb81f12622be5e4b5995a4abb37 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *slab_execute_cbs;
 
 static const char *i915_fence_get_driver_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
 {
-	return dev_name(to_request(fence)->engine->i915->drm.dev);
+	return dev_name(to_request(fence)->i915->drm.dev);
 }
 
 static const char *i915_fence_get_timeline_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
@@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ __i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 	rq->engine = ce->engine;
 	rq->ring = ce->ring;
 	rq->execution_mask = ce->engine->mask;
+	rq->i915 = ce->engine->i915;
 
 	ret = intel_timeline_get_seqno(tl, rq, &seqno);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index 28b1f9db54875944d59d3a59b1e85c6ff16d4aa6..47041ec68df8982eb9be0d0269cb77b8ac44dfd7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ struct i915_request {
 	struct dma_fence fence;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
+
 	/**
 	 * Context and ring buffer related to this request
 	 * Contexts are refcounted, so when this request is associated with a