diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index b8397282153b8567970c07f651250715696e1fb0..35833fc350de9c03550bdccc16f2cbfd77c92015 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ struct drm_i915_error_state {
 		u32 tiling:2;
 		u32 dirty:1;
 		u32 purgeable:1;
-		u32 ring:4;
+		s32 ring:4;
 		u32 cache_level:2;
 	} *active_bo, *pinned_bo;
 	u32 active_bo_count, pinned_bo_count;