diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 85102ad759622f5662d1a7c73a279719c273a417..6f1e0f127c0a1478b181bb6070f92e03b421648d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3018,9 +3018,11 @@ static inline void i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
  * pages and then returns a contiguous mapping of the backing storage into
  * the kernel address space.
  *
- * The caller must hold the struct_mutex.
+ * The caller must hold the struct_mutex, and is responsible for calling
+ * i915_gem_object_unpin_map() when the mapping is no longer required.
  *
- * Returns the pointer through which to access the backing storage.
+ * Returns the pointer through which to access the mapped object, or an
+ * ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 void *__must_check i915_gem_object_pin_map(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 978f0b676c68fd43a9e0cff3f7728795dfc42b10..245386e20c52dd2848c484d2a3ceb5fe7c6e1fa0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2088,6 +2088,7 @@ void intel_unpin_ringbuffer_obj(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
 		i915_gem_object_unpin_map(ringbuf->obj);
 	else
 		iounmap(ringbuf->virtual_start);
+	ringbuf->virtual_start = NULL;
 	ringbuf->vma = NULL;
 	i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ringbuf->obj);
 }
@@ -2100,6 +2101,7 @@ int intel_pin_and_map_ringbuffer_obj(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = ringbuf->obj;
 	/* Ring wraparound at offset 0 sometimes hangs. No idea why. */
 	unsigned flags = PIN_OFFSET_BIAS | 4096;
+	void *addr;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (HAS_LLC(dev_priv) && !obj->stolen) {
@@ -2111,9 +2113,9 @@ int intel_pin_and_map_ringbuffer_obj(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_unpin;
 
-		ringbuf->virtual_start = i915_gem_object_pin_map(obj);
-		if (ringbuf->virtual_start == NULL) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
+		addr = i915_gem_object_pin_map(obj);
+		if (IS_ERR(addr)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(addr);
 			goto err_unpin;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -2129,14 +2131,15 @@ int intel_pin_and_map_ringbuffer_obj(struct drm_device *dev,
 		/* Access through the GTT requires the device to be awake. */
 		assert_rpm_wakelock_held(dev_priv);
 
-		ringbuf->virtual_start = ioremap_wc(ggtt->mappable_base +
-						    i915_gem_obj_ggtt_offset(obj), ringbuf->size);
-		if (ringbuf->virtual_start == NULL) {
+		addr = ioremap_wc(ggtt->mappable_base +
+				  i915_gem_obj_ggtt_offset(obj), ringbuf->size);
+		if (addr == NULL) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_unpin;
 		}
 	}
 
+	ringbuf->virtual_start = addr;
 	ringbuf->vma = i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(obj);
 	return 0;