diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_internal.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_internal.c
index 6bc26b4b06b8..eae9e9f6d3bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_internal.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_internal.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_internal(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	struct sg_table *st;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	unsigned int npages; /* restricted by sg_alloc_table */
-	int max_order = MAX_ORDER;
+	int max_order = MAX_ORDER - 1;
 	unsigned int max_segment;
 	gfp_t gfp;