diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
index 4418616301e755efa54a59e03ea06c2d10a59f01..a32a4b9492b65c482d00ed8ea1577b2528e6d035 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 
 	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so.obj), ring);
 
-	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, so.obj, true);
+	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL, true);
 	/* __i915_add_request moves object to inactive if it fails */
 out:
 	i915_gem_render_state_fini(&so);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 47443b9aa17216f9ab824224c1ebb1677b4e5617..550e854a350917161dacdcd935d03c9e7104a021 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ static int intel_lr_context_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so.obj), ring);
 
-	__i915_add_request(ring, file, so.obj, true);
+	__i915_add_request(ring, file, NULL, true);
 	/* intel_logical_ring_add_request moves object to inactive if it
 	 * fails */
 out: