diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 43335de0f713efd89d5e7d029cf92dd97a8452b6..a3190e793ed43744980bedba4ed42e1d0e38d597 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	if (i915_needs_cmd_parser(ring)) {
+	if (i915_needs_cmd_parser(ring) && args->batch_len) {
 		batch_obj = i915_gem_execbuffer_parse(ring,
 						      &shadow_exec_entry,
 						      eb,