diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index b7ac84db1d2e6e3a1bc034dec4cd16f0ab18b8c0..bf6d8d1eaabeb97467218436e71905db8a7e0d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ int i915_vma_unbind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	/* First wait upon any activity as retiring the request may
 	 * have side-effects such as unpinning or even unbinding this vma.
 	 */
+	might_sleep();
 	active = i915_vma_get_active(vma);
 	if (active) {
 		int idx;