diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 1f303d4eaa4d..d5aadced7da0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ static int eb_reinit_userptr(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 
 static noinline int eb_relocate_parse_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
+	const unsigned int count = eb->buffer_count;
 	bool have_copy = false;
 	struct eb_vma *ev;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1868,7 +1869,6 @@ err:
 
 out:
 	if (have_copy) {
-		const unsigned int count = eb->buffer_count;
 		unsigned int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {