diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index d665a33229bd93575363277503d4eac3005e7f98..c64438f8171ccf02ff9009199690e119d6354f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ void i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
 	const unsigned int idx = req->engine->id;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&req->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 
 	/* Add a reference if we're newly entering the active list.