diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
index 5018e55922f0b4c1f6a123056a3f205031267c91..0cef887b0de41fc26ca4ba675dbdd75d617659a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ static inline bool i915_spin_request(const struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
 	u32 seqno;
 
 	seqno = i915_gem_request_global_seqno(request);
+	if (!seqno)
+		return 0;
+
 	return (__i915_gem_request_started(request, seqno) &&
 		__i915_spin_request(request, seqno, state, timeout_us));
 }