diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 3379722d0e6d11f73b0d50db7afcff6669351423..279488addf3f6bd7afb194bf29479a9228390460 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ void intel_cleanup_ring_buffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 		return;
 
 	intel_stop_ring_buffer(ring);
-	WARN_ON((I915_READ_MODE(ring) & MODE_IDLE) == 0);
+	WARN_ON(!IS_GEN2(ring->dev) && (I915_READ_MODE(ring) & MODE_IDLE) == 0);
 
 	iounmap(ringbuf->virtual_start);