diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
index 8f404103341d9e6a349e22de5e89d53d247c4daa..43400adc95db315b326e9985454815203076d4e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config DRM_I915_WERROR
 config DRM_I915_DEBUG
         bool "Enable additional driver debugging"
         depends on DRM_I915
+        select PREEMPT_COUNT
         default n
         help
           Choose this option to turn on extra driver debugging that may affect