diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
index c0c26fae45c7109ef4256a71c551dbb7359f05e4..cc848ceeb3c316b692457b8cff6466fd47f8f5da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int gpu_fill(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	i915_vma_unpin(batch);
 	i915_vma_close(batch);
 
-	i915_vma_move_to_active(vma, rq, 0);
+	i915_vma_move_to_active(vma, rq, EXEC_OBJECT_WRITE);
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 
 	reservation_object_lock(obj->resv, NULL);