diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index f26c2b2..0f40e61 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ describe_obj(struct seq_file *m, struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		*t = '\0';
 		seq_printf(m, " (%s mappable)", s);
 	}
-	if (obj->ring != NULL)
-		seq_printf(m, " (%s)", obj->ring->name);
+	if (obj->last_read_req != NULL)
+		seq_printf(m, " (%s)",
+			   i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req)->name);
 	if (obj->frontbuffer_bits)
 		seq_printf(m, " (frontbuffer: 0x%03x)", obj->frontbuffer_bits);
 }
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ static int per_file_stats(int id, void *ptr, void *data)
 			if (ppgtt->file_priv != stats->file_priv)
 				continue;
 
-			if (obj->ring) /* XXX per-vma statistic */
+			if (obj->active) /* XXX per-vma statistic */
 				stats->active += obj->base.size;
 			else
 				stats->inactive += obj->base.size;
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ static int per_file_stats(int id, void *ptr, void *data)
 	} else {
 		if (i915_gem_obj_ggtt_bound(obj)) {
 			stats->global += obj->base.size;
-			if (obj->ring)
+			if (obj->active)
 				stats->active += obj->base.size;
 			else
 				stats->inactive += obj->base.size;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 1d30dcb..41c2db3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1868,8 +1868,6 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object {
 	void *dma_buf_vmapping;
 	int vmapping_count;
 
-	struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
-
 	/** Breadcrumb of last rendering to the buffer. */
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *last_read_req;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *last_write_req;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 2daafeb..ea6d679 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2183,14 +2183,18 @@ static void
 i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			       struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req = intel_ring_get_request(ring);
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *old_ring;
 
 	BUG_ON(ring == NULL);
-	if (obj->ring != ring && obj->last_write_req) {
+
+	req = intel_ring_get_request(ring);
+	old_ring = i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req);
+
+	if (old_ring != ring && obj->last_write_req) {
 		/* Keep the request relative to the current ring */
 		i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, req);
 	}
-	obj->ring = ring;
 
 	/* Add a reference if we're newly entering the active list. */
 	if (!obj->active) {
@@ -2229,7 +2233,6 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_inactive(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	intel_fb_obj_flush(obj, true);
 
 	list_del_init(&obj->ring_list);
-	obj->ring = NULL;
 
 	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_read_req, NULL);
 	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, NULL);
@@ -2246,9 +2249,7 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_inactive(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 static void
 i915_gem_object_retire(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = obj->ring;
-
-	if (ring == NULL)
+	if (obj->last_read_req == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	if (i915_gem_request_completed(obj->last_read_req, true))
@@ -2786,14 +2787,17 @@ i915_gem_idle_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 static int
 i915_gem_object_flush_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (obj->active) {
+		ring = i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req);
+
 		ret = i915_gem_check_olr(obj->last_read_req);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(obj->ring);
+		i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(ring);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2896,10 +2900,12 @@ int
 i915_gem_object_sync(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		     struct intel_engine_cs *to)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_cs *from = obj->ring;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *from;
 	u32 seqno;
 	int ret, idx;
 
+	from = i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req);
+
 	if (from == NULL || to == from)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -3872,7 +3878,7 @@ i915_gem_object_pin_to_display_plane(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	bool was_pin_display;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (pipelined != obj->ring) {
+	if (pipelined != i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req)) {
 		ret = i915_gem_object_sync(obj, pipelined);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
@@ -4292,9 +4298,11 @@ i915_gem_busy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	ret = i915_gem_object_flush_active(obj);
 
 	args->busy = obj->active;
-	if (obj->ring) {
+	if (obj->last_read_req) {
+		struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(I915_NUM_RINGS > 16);
-		args->busy |= intel_ring_flag(obj->ring) << 16;
+		ring = i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req);
+		args->busy |= intel_ring_flag(ring) << 16;
 	}
 
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 7d32571..0e35aff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ static int do_switch(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 		 * swapped, but there is no way to do that yet.
 		 */
 		from->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state->dirty = 1;
-		BUG_ON(from->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state->ring != ring);
+		BUG_ON(i915_gem_request_get_ring(
+			from->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state->last_read_req) != ring);
 
 		/* obj is kept alive until the next request by its active ref */
 		i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(from->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 10ba188..4c11e5bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ static void capture_bo(struct drm_i915_error_buffer *err,
 	err->dirty = obj->dirty;
 	err->purgeable = obj->madv != I915_MADV_WILLNEED;
 	err->userptr = obj->userptr.mm != NULL;
-	err->ring = obj->ring ? obj->ring->id : -1;
+	err->ring = obj->last_read_req ?
+			i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req)->id : -1;
 	err->cache_level = obj->cache_level;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index eca4240..eea2e92 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -9304,7 +9304,7 @@ static bool use_mmio_flip(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	else if (i915.enable_execlists)
 		return true;
 	else
-		return ring != obj->ring;
+		return ring != i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req);
 }
 
 static void intel_do_mmio_flip(struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc)
@@ -9344,7 +9344,7 @@ static int intel_postpone_flip(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	if (!obj->last_write_req)
 		return 0;
 
-	ring = obj->ring;
+	ring = i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_write_req);
 
 	if (i915_gem_request_completed(obj->last_write_req, true))
 		return 0;
@@ -9410,14 +9410,15 @@ static int intel_queue_mmio_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 	spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->mmio_flip_lock);
 	i915_gem_request_assign(&intel_crtc->mmio_flip.req,
 				obj->last_write_req);
-	intel_crtc->mmio_flip.ring_id = obj->ring->id;
+	WARN_ON(ring != i915_gem_request_get_ring(intel_crtc->mmio_flip.req));
+	intel_crtc->mmio_flip.ring_id = ring->id;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->mmio_flip_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Double check to catch cases where irq fired before
 	 * mmio flip data was ready
 	 */
-	intel_notify_mmio_flip(obj->ring);
+	intel_notify_mmio_flip(ring);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -9597,7 +9598,7 @@ static int intel_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	} else if (IS_IVYBRIDGE(dev)) {
 		ring = &dev_priv->ring[BCS];
 	} else if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 7) {
-		ring = obj->ring;
+		ring = i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_read_req);
 		if (ring == NULL || ring->id != RCS)
 			ring = &dev_priv->ring[BCS];
 	} else {
@@ -9619,7 +9620,8 @@ static int intel_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 		i915_gem_request_assign(&work->flip_queued_req,
 					obj->last_write_req);
-		work->flip_queued_ring = obj->ring;
+		work->flip_queued_ring =
+				i915_gem_request_get_ring(obj->last_write_req);
 	} else {
 		ret = dev_priv->display.queue_flip(dev, crtc, fb, obj, ring,
 						   page_flip_flags);
