diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index c3806c66650a00361d33b35a7d5e8b16894dbba7..2d0995e7afc37482a594be7e25b5baaadc6a6798 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2656,6 +2656,9 @@ void i915_gem_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 void
 i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
+	if (list_empty(&ring->request_list))
+		return;
+
 	WARN_ON(i915_verify_lists(ring->dev));
 
 	/* Retire requests first as we use it above for the early return.