diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 858e78886637f93e194d17b2e14fd48d3e3002ec..399e159016e2eb4a62f6848acafbc0332e3d042a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2041,8 +2041,8 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	request = kmalloc(sizeof(*request), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (request == NULL)
+	request = ring->preallocated_lazy_request;
+	if (WARN_ON(request == NULL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Record the position of the start of the request so that
@@ -2053,10 +2053,8 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	request_ring_position = intel_ring_get_tail(ring);
 
 	ret = ring->add_request(ring);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(request);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	}
 
 	request->seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
 	request->ring = ring;
@@ -2095,6 +2093,7 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 
 	trace_i915_gem_request_add(ring, request->seqno);
 	ring->outstanding_lazy_seqno = 0;
+	ring->preallocated_lazy_request = NULL;
 
 	if (!dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended) {
 		i915_queue_hangcheck(ring->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index a83ff1863a5ed4a08c546aff8d86bdc4887f6e3c..284afaf5d6ffc8357418b4202cc7ae5614f35e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1498,6 +1498,16 @@ intel_ring_alloc_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_seqno)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (ring->preallocated_lazy_request == NULL) {
+		struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
+
+		request = kmalloc(sizeof(*request), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (request == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		ring->preallocated_lazy_request = request;
+	}
+
 	return i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &ring->outstanding_lazy_seqno);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index c6aa2b3c8c268d061b467d6d12569c22d753424d..ad2dd65c63f8ff970ba2541b735470444bd96959 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct  intel_ring_buffer {
 	/**
 	 * Do we have some not yet emitted requests outstanding?
 	 */
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *preallocated_lazy_request;
 	u32 outstanding_lazy_seqno;
 	bool gpu_caches_dirty;
 	bool fbc_dirty;