diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
index 3813a19a61792b81fc9a2721c54707042e5f1608..1afb8b06e3e19bf23ed287277415afb364504b23 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ static unsigned long max_dwords(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = arg;
-	struct drm_file *file = mock_file(i915);
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+	struct drm_file *file;
 	IGT_TIMEOUT(end_time);
 	LIST_HEAD(objects);
 	unsigned long ncontexts, ndwords, dw;
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 	 * up in the expected pages of our obj.
 	 */
 
+	file = mock_file(i915);
+	if (IS_ERR(file))
+		return PTR_ERR(file);
+
 	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	ncontexts = 0;