diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 833740bf49c99ec6f90073e2c476fa4a787304b0..32afac6c754fed915ac8cb05b30be5db9c78191b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ intel_ring_create_vma(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, int size)
 
 	obj = i915_gem_object_create_stolen(dev_priv, size);
 	if (!obj)
-		obj = i915_gem_object_create(dev_priv, size);
+		obj = i915_gem_object_create_internal(dev_priv, size);
 	if (IS_ERR(obj))
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);