diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 437441f4af41..c2dd9b4cdace 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ enum {
 #define __I915_EXEC_ILLEGAL_FLAGS \
 	(__I915_EXEC_UNKNOWN_FLAGS | I915_EXEC_CONSTANTS_MASK)
 
+/* Catch emission of unexpected errors for CI! */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_GEM)
+#undef EINVAL
+#define EINVAL ({ \
+	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("EINVAL at %s:%d\n", __func__, __LINE__); \
+	22; \
+})
+#endif
+
 /**
  * DOC: User command execution
  *