diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 844f3c972b04dd8a55ccde3ab6a84766940b9e31..665898124200b6045ab234b832ae9710b53cf6f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int i915_initialize(struct drm_device * dev, drm_i915_init_t * init)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_master_private *master_priv = dev->primary->master->driver_priv;
-	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring = LP_RING(dev_priv);
+	int ret;
 
 	master_priv->sarea = drm_getsarea(dev);
 	if (master_priv->sarea) {
@@ -163,33 +163,22 @@ static int i915_initialize(struct drm_device * dev, drm_i915_init_t * init)
 	}
 
 	if (init->ring_size != 0) {
-		if (ring->obj != NULL) {
+		if (LP_RING(dev_priv)->obj != NULL) {
 			i915_dma_cleanup(dev);
 			DRM_ERROR("Client tried to initialize ringbuffer in "
 				  "GEM mode\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		ring->size = init->ring_size;
-
-		ring->map.offset = init->ring_start;
-		ring->map.size = init->ring_size;
-		ring->map.type = 0;
-		ring->map.flags = 0;
-		ring->map.mtrr = 0;
-
-		drm_core_ioremap_wc(&ring->map, dev);
-
-		if (ring->map.handle == NULL) {
+		ret = intel_render_ring_init_dri(dev,
+						 init->ring_start,
+						 init->ring_size);
+		if (ret) {
 			i915_dma_cleanup(dev);
-			DRM_ERROR("can not ioremap virtual address for"
-				  " ring buffer\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return ret;
 		}
 	}
 
-	ring->virtual_start = ring->map.handle;
-
 	dev_priv->cpp = init->cpp;
 	dev_priv->back_offset = init->back_offset;
 	dev_priv->front_offset = init->front_offset;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 03e3370725179bd14785aef19bf83f5c13c285ee..51fbc5e33c551405b3d598750218fca745af8ef7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,48 @@ int intel_init_render_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev)
 	return intel_init_ring_buffer(dev, ring);
 }
 
+int intel_render_ring_init_dri(struct drm_device *dev, u64 start, u32 size)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring = &dev_priv->ring[RCS];
+
+	*ring = render_ring;
+	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 6) {
+		ring->add_request = gen6_add_request;
+		ring->irq_get = gen6_render_ring_get_irq;
+		ring->irq_put = gen6_render_ring_put_irq;
+	} else if (IS_GEN5(dev)) {
+		ring->add_request = pc_render_add_request;
+		ring->get_seqno = pc_render_get_seqno;
+	}
+
+	ring->dev = dev;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->active_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->request_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->gpu_write_list);
+
+	ring->size = size;
+	ring->effective_size = ring->size;
+	if (IS_I830(ring->dev))
+		ring->effective_size -= 128;
+
+	ring->map.offset = start;
+	ring->map.size = size;
+	ring->map.type = 0;
+	ring->map.flags = 0;
+	ring->map.mtrr = 0;
+
+	drm_core_ioremap_wc(&ring->map, dev);
+	if (ring->map.handle == NULL) {
+		DRM_ERROR("can not ioremap virtual address for"
+			  " ring buffer\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ring->virtual_start = (void __force __iomem *)ring->map.handle;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int intel_init_bsd_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index be9087e4c9beeb4c561ebc474a2b38a6124ce8cd..61d5220c4b589c5cec32f0e87332b2650c098933 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -167,4 +167,7 @@ int intel_init_blt_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 u32 intel_ring_get_active_head(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 void intel_ring_setup_status_page(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 
+/* DRI warts */
+int intel_render_ring_init_dri(struct drm_device *dev, u64 start, u32 size);
+
 #endif /* _INTEL_RINGBUFFER_H_ */