diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 8e1619a06f3b6736a7f303f5058a703e5bc74034..fd285d32f62ae51696942d336e0f1d11cd9c0e9d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -633,14 +633,14 @@ int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	request->ringbuf = request->ctx->engine[request->ring->id].ringbuf;
+
 	if (request->ctx != request->ring->default_context) {
 		ret = intel_lr_context_pin(request->ring, request->ctx);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	request->ringbuf = request->ctx->engine[request->ring->id].ringbuf;
-
 	return 0;
 }