diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index a48e4910ea2ca9a0a435d042407db8593ea54ba7..4ea331b931fd970d840acb61d3d0528606efb4ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static int i915_set_status_page(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	drm_i915_hws_addr_t *hws = data;
-	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring = LP_RING(dev_priv);
+	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
 
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ static int i915_set_status_page(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("set status page addr 0x%08x\n", (u32)hws->addr);
 
+	ring = LP_RING(dev_priv);
 	ring->status_page.gfx_addr = hws->addr & (0x1ffff<<12);
 
 	dev_priv->dri1.gfx_hws_cpu_addr =