diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 13c885d663833332181750ea8b22559a477f4161..7dc9c9c7778c08f52a1ad0a5a827a173a2e1677b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static int __wait_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 seqno,
 			mod_timer(&timer, expire);
 		}
 
-		schedule();
+		io_schedule();
 
 		if (timeout)
 			timeout_jiffies = expire - jiffies;