diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c
index f663cd9197954e0e24590b7374391566df2eb899..b9b53ac141766bd941d5fcb677801f5ce14e37db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ bool i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		i915_sw_fence_await_reservation(&clflush->wait,
 						obj->resv, NULL,
 						true, I915_FENCE_TIMEOUT,
-						GFP_KERNEL);
+						I915_FENCE_GFP);
 
 		reservation_object_lock(obj->resv, NULL);
 		reservation_object_add_excl_fence(obj->resv, &clflush->dma);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 21ce374d9924fbbaa5a67297a3bec8a8806ada5a..648e7536ff51e0eae1365971293ab150f72d9956 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ int i915_gem_switch_to_kernel_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 			if (prev)
 				i915_sw_fence_await_sw_fence_gfp(&req->submit,
 								 &prev->submit,
-								 GFP_KERNEL);
+								 I915_FENCE_GFP);
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index c28a4ceb016df2daa949db31805213aec2620182..4d5e2b7143826498db4f210d7daa40bcf0195e5b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ i915_gem_request_await_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *to,
 	if (to->engine == from->engine) {
 		ret = i915_sw_fence_await_sw_fence_gfp(&to->submit,
 						       &from->submit,
-						       GFP_KERNEL);
+						       I915_FENCE_GFP);
 		return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 	}
 
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ i915_gem_request_await_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *to,
 await_dma_fence:
 	ret = i915_sw_fence_await_dma_fence(&to->submit,
 					    &from->fence, 0,
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
+					    I915_FENCE_GFP);
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ i915_gem_request_await_dma_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 		else
 			ret = i915_sw_fence_await_dma_fence(&req->submit, fence,
 							    I915_FENCE_TIMEOUT,
-							    GFP_KERNEL);
+							    I915_FENCE_GFP);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
index 26249f39de67eb84c144703c83540ec853ac9969..0d6d39f19506d9cc71d9c228b34708bcef8567be 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	struct list_head client_link;
 };
 
+#define I915_FENCE_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL | __GFP_NOWARN)
+
 extern const struct dma_fence_ops i915_fence_ops;
 
 static inline bool dma_fence_is_i915(const struct dma_fence *fence)