diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index b106984c722a0e3af21ba7fe28b566526624ca00..8fcb32a02cb40564bf9f6aab5efb6c4cbe38ad97 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1607,8 +1607,8 @@ intel_ring_alloc_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	return i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &ring->outstanding_lazy_seqno);
 }
 
-static int __intel_ring_begin(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
-			      int bytes)
+static int __intel_ring_prepare(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
+				int bytes)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1624,7 +1624,6 @@ static int __intel_ring_begin(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	ring->space -= bytes;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1639,12 +1638,17 @@ int intel_ring_begin(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = __intel_ring_prepare(ring, num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	/* Preallocate the olr before touching the ring */
 	ret = intel_ring_alloc_seqno(ring);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return __intel_ring_begin(ring, num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t));
+	ring->space -= num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void intel_ring_init_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 seqno)