diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 000a9ad17dd..563d24e7b72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1177,12 +1177,7 @@ i915_seqno_passed(uint32_t seq1, uint32_t seq2)
 	return (int32_t)(seq1 - seq2) >= 0;
 }
 
-static inline u32
-i915_gem_next_request_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
-{
-	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
-	return ring->outstanding_lazy_request = dev_priv->next_seqno;
-}
+u32 i915_gem_next_request_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 
 int __must_check i915_gem_object_get_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 					   struct intel_ring_buffer *pipelined);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 2b51e9c3ce7..2031cc7eaa3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1576,6 +1576,28 @@ i915_gem_process_flushing_list(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	}
 }
 
+static u32
+i915_gem_get_seqno(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	u32 seqno = dev_priv->next_seqno;
+
+	/* reserve 0 for non-seqno */
+	if (++dev_priv->next_seqno == 0)
+		dev_priv->next_seqno = 1;
+
+	return seqno;
+}
+
+u32
+i915_gem_next_request_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
+{
+	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request == 0)
+		ring->outstanding_lazy_request = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev);
+
+	return ring->outstanding_lazy_request;
+}
+
 int
 i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		 struct drm_file *file,
@@ -1587,6 +1609,7 @@ i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(request == NULL);
+	seqno = i915_gem_next_request_seqno(ring);
 
 	ret = ring->add_request(ring, &seqno);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 4956f1bff52..8a983b50a79 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -52,20 +52,6 @@ static inline int ring_space(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	return space;
 }
 
-static u32 i915_gem_get_seqno(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	u32 seqno;
-
-	seqno = dev_priv->next_seqno;
-
-	/* reserve 0 for non-seqno */
-	if (++dev_priv->next_seqno == 0)
-		dev_priv->next_seqno = 1;
-
-	return seqno;
-}
-
 static int
 render_ring_flush(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		  u32	invalidate_domains,
@@ -465,7 +451,7 @@ gen6_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	mbox1_reg = ring->signal_mbox[0];
 	mbox2_reg = ring->signal_mbox[1];
 
-	*seqno = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev);
+	*seqno = i915_gem_next_request_seqno(ring);
 
 	update_mboxes(ring, *seqno, mbox1_reg);
 	update_mboxes(ring, *seqno, mbox2_reg);
@@ -563,8 +549,7 @@ static int
 pc_render_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		      u32 *result)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
-	u32 seqno = i915_gem_get_seqno(dev);
+	u32 seqno = i915_gem_next_request_seqno(ring);
 	struct pipe_control *pc = ring->private;
 	u32 scratch_addr = pc->gtt_offset + 128;
 	int ret;
@@ -615,8 +600,7 @@ static int
 render_ring_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 			u32 *result)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
-	u32 seqno = i915_gem_get_seqno(dev);
+	u32 seqno = i915_gem_next_request_seqno(ring);
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 4);
@@ -790,7 +774,7 @@ ring_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	seqno = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev);
+	seqno = i915_gem_next_request_seqno(ring);
 
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_STORE_DWORD_INDEX);
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, I915_GEM_HWS_INDEX << MI_STORE_DWORD_INDEX_SHIFT);