diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index c2a4e499233b..64b75f71a6bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ struct i915_execbuffer {
 	struct eb_vma_array *array;
 };
 
+static int eb_parse(struct i915_execbuffer *eb);
+
 static inline bool eb_use_cmdparser(const struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
 	return intel_engine_requires_cmd_parser(eb->engine) ||
@@ -866,6 +868,7 @@ static struct i915_vma *eb_lookup_vma(struct i915_execbuffer *eb, u32 handle)
 
 static int eb_lookup_vmas(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = eb->i915;
 	unsigned int batch = eb_batch_index(eb);
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -879,18 +882,37 @@ static int eb_lookup_vmas(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		vma = eb_lookup_vma(eb, eb->exec[i].handle);
 		if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(vma);
-			break;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		err = eb_validate_vma(eb, &eb->exec[i], vma);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
 			i915_vma_put(vma);
-			break;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		eb_add_vma(eb, i, batch, vma);
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(eb->batch->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_WRITE)) {
+		drm_dbg(&i915->drm,
+			"Attempting to use self-modifying batch buffer\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (range_overflows_t(u64,
+			      eb->batch_start_offset, eb->batch_len,
+			      eb->batch->vma->size)) {
+		drm_dbg(&i915->drm, "Attempting to use out-of-bounds batch\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (eb->batch_len == 0)
+		eb->batch_len = eb->batch->vma->size - eb->batch_start_offset;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
 	eb->vma[i].vma = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1802,7 +1824,7 @@ static int eb_prefault_relocations(const struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static noinline int eb_relocate_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
+static noinline int eb_relocate_parse_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
 	bool have_copy = false;
 	struct eb_vma *ev;
@@ -1868,6 +1890,11 @@ static noinline int eb_relocate_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 
+	/* as last step, parse the command buffer */
+	err = eb_parse(eb);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
 	/*
 	 * Leave the user relocations as are, this is the painfully slow path,
 	 * and we want to avoid the complication of dropping the lock whilst
@@ -1900,7 +1927,7 @@ static noinline int eb_relocate_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int eb_relocate(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
+static int eb_relocate_parse(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -1925,10 +1952,10 @@ static int eb_relocate(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		}
 
 		if (err)
-			return eb_relocate_slow(eb);
+			return eb_relocate_parse_slow(eb);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return eb_parse(eb);
 }
 
 static int eb_move_to_gpu(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
@@ -2866,7 +2893,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto err_context;
 
-	err = eb_relocate(&eb);
+	err = eb_relocate_parse(&eb);
 	if (err) {
 		/*
 		 * If the user expects the execobject.offset and
@@ -2879,33 +2906,10 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 		goto err_vma;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(eb.batch->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_WRITE)) {
-		drm_dbg(&i915->drm,
-			"Attempting to use self-modifying batch buffer\n");
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_vma;
-	}
-
-	if (range_overflows_t(u64,
-			      eb.batch_start_offset, eb.batch_len,
-			      eb.batch->vma->size)) {
-		drm_dbg(&i915->drm, "Attempting to use out-of-bounds batch\n");
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_vma;
-	}
-
-	if (eb.batch_len == 0)
-		eb.batch_len = eb.batch->vma->size - eb.batch_start_offset;
-
-	err = eb_parse(&eb);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_vma;
-
 	/*
 	 * snb/ivb/vlv conflate the "batch in ppgtt" bit with the "non-secure
 	 * batch" bit. Hence we need to pin secure batches into the global gtt.
 	 * hsw should have this fixed, but bdw mucks it up again. */
-	batch = eb.batch->vma;
 	if (eb.batch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_SECURE) {
 		struct i915_vma *vma;
 
@@ -2919,13 +2923,15 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 		 *   fitting due to fragmentation.
 		 * So this is actually safe.
 		 */
-		vma = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(batch->obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+		vma = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(eb.batch->vma->obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(vma);
 			goto err_parse;
 		}
 
 		batch = vma;
+	} else {
+		batch = eb.batch->vma;
 	}
 
 	/* All GPU relocation batches must be submitted prior to the user rq */
