diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pool.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pool.c
index 3cdbd5f8b5be2094ebe3522009b0340a213e8c5e..3971868183050aee3626d26056e12b33a752d66f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pool.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ node_create(struct intel_engine_pool *pool, size_t sz)
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);
 	}
 
+	i915_gem_object_set_readonly(obj);
+
 	node->obj = obj;
 	return node;
 }