diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index e3ef17783765e5ae366194f8cef8d7d5a7ba0137..b773368fc62c8ac67717f6770ce20fd642a1bc8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1380,13 +1380,35 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (((args->flags & I915_EXEC_RING_MASK) != I915_EXEC_BSD) &&
+	    ((args->flags & I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK) != 0)) {
+		DRM_DEBUG("execbuf with non bsd ring but with invalid "
+			"bsd dispatch flags: %d\n", (int)(args->flags));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	} 
+
 	if ((args->flags & I915_EXEC_RING_MASK) == I915_EXEC_DEFAULT)
 		ring = &dev_priv->ring[RCS];
 	else if ((args->flags & I915_EXEC_RING_MASK) == I915_EXEC_BSD) {
 		if (HAS_BSD2(dev)) {
 			int ring_id;
-			ring_id = gen8_dispatch_bsd_ring(dev, file);
-			ring = &dev_priv->ring[ring_id];
+
+			switch (args->flags & I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK) {
+			case I915_EXEC_BSD_DEFAULT:
+				ring_id = gen8_dispatch_bsd_ring(dev, file);
+				ring = &dev_priv->ring[ring_id];
+				break;
+			case I915_EXEC_BSD_RING1:
+				ring = &dev_priv->ring[VCS];
+				break;
+			case I915_EXEC_BSD_RING2:
+				ring = &dev_priv->ring[VCS2];
+				break;
+			default:
+				DRM_DEBUG("execbuf with unknown bsd ring: %d\n",
+					  (int)(args->flags & I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK));
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
 		} else
 			ring = &dev_priv->ring[VCS];
 	} else
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 2e559f6e699e84e50d5f325cc714659a30254f27..dc845614e80d244579210fbf7023c4526ba19ecb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -750,7 +750,13 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 {
  */
 #define I915_EXEC_HANDLE_LUT		(1<<12)
 
-#define __I915_EXEC_UNKNOWN_FLAGS -(I915_EXEC_HANDLE_LUT<<1)
+/** Used for switching BSD rings on the platforms with two BSD rings */
+#define I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK		(3<<13)
+#define I915_EXEC_BSD_DEFAULT		(0<<13) /* default ping-pong mode */
+#define I915_EXEC_BSD_RING1		(1<<13)
+#define I915_EXEC_BSD_RING2		(2<<13)
+
+#define __I915_EXEC_UNKNOWN_FLAGS -(1<<15)
 
 #define I915_EXEC_CONTEXT_ID_MASK	(0xffffffff)
 #define i915_execbuffer2_set_context_id(eb2, context) \