diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index 4eee91a3a236..fcb8a7b27ae2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Note the danger in using -Wall -Wextra is that when CI updates gcc we
 # will most likely get a sudden build breakage... Hopefully we will fix
 # new warnings before CI updates!
-subdir-ccflags-y := -Wall -Wextra
+subdir-ccflags-y := -Wall -Wextra -Wvla
 subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-parameter)
 subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, type-limits)
 subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, missing-field-initializers)