diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 944e9e543573..f187ca573e62 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int eb_create(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		 * direct lookup.
 		 */
 		do {
-			unsigned int flags;
+			gfp_t flags;
 
 			/* While we can still reduce the allocation size, don't
 			 * raise a warning and allow the allocation to fail.