diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 1cbd6d65dae5..9977c23ab47d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1328,14 +1328,14 @@ i915_gem_ringbuffer_submission(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params,
 			if (ret)
 				goto error;
 
-			ret = ring->dispatch_execbuffer(ring,
+			ret = ring->dispatch_execbuffer(params->request,
 							exec_start, exec_len,
 							params->dispatch_flags);
 			if (ret)
 				goto error;
 		}
 	} else {
-		ret = ring->dispatch_execbuffer(ring,
+		ret = ring->dispatch_execbuffer(params->request,
 						exec_start, exec_len,
 						params->dispatch_flags);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
index e04cda40df5e..a0201fc94d25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 	if (so.rodata == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = req->ring->dispatch_execbuffer(req->ring,
-					     so.ggtt_offset,
+	ret = req->ring->dispatch_execbuffer(req, so.ggtt_offset,
 					     so.rodata->batch_items * 4,
 					     I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 28d7801a8fa5..44fdfd07d912 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1760,10 +1760,11 @@ gen8_ring_put_irq(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 }
 
 static int
-i965_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+i965_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			 u64 offset, u32 length,
 			 unsigned dispatch_flags)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 2);
@@ -1786,10 +1787,11 @@ i965_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 #define I830_TLB_ENTRIES (2)
 #define I830_WA_SIZE max(I830_TLB_ENTRIES*4096, I830_BATCH_LIMIT)
 static int
-i830_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+i830_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			 u64 offset, u32 len,
 			 unsigned dispatch_flags)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	u32 cs_offset = ring->scratch.gtt_offset;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1848,10 +1850,11 @@ i830_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 }
 
 static int
-i915_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+i915_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			 u64 offset, u32 len,
 			 unsigned dispatch_flags)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 2);
@@ -2423,10 +2426,11 @@ static int gen6_bsd_ring_flush(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 }
 
 static int
-gen8_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+gen8_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			      u64 offset, u32 len,
 			      unsigned dispatch_flags)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	bool ppgtt = USES_PPGTT(ring->dev) &&
 			!(dispatch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
 	int ret;
@@ -2446,10 +2450,11 @@ gen8_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 }
 
 static int
-hsw_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+hsw_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			     u64 offset, u32 len,
 			     unsigned dispatch_flags)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 2);
@@ -2468,10 +2473,11 @@ hsw_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 }
 
 static int
-gen6_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+gen6_ring_dispatch_execbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			      u64 offset, u32 len,
 			      unsigned dispatch_flags)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 2);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 96b8e353a1f0..bf679ae03aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct  intel_engine_cs {
 				     bool lazy_coherency);
 	void		(*set_seqno)(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 				     u32 seqno);
-	int		(*dispatch_execbuffer)(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+	int		(*dispatch_execbuffer)(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 					       u64 offset, u32 length,
 					       unsigned dispatch_flags);
 #define I915_DISPATCH_SECURE 0x1