diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index eba1857..1be4a52 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2860,9 +2860,9 @@ void i915_gem_init_swizzling(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gpu_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gem_suspend(struct drm_device *dev);
-int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
-		       struct drm_file *file,
-		       struct drm_i915_gem_object *batch_obj);
+void __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+			struct drm_file *file,
+			struct drm_i915_gem_object *batch_obj);
 #define i915_add_request(ring) \
 	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL)
 int __i915_wait_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 6f51416..dd39aa5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1155,15 +1155,12 @@ i915_gem_check_wedge(struct i915_gpu_error *error,
 int
 i915_gem_check_olr(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&req->ring->dev->struct_mutex));
 
-	ret = 0;
 	if (req == req->ring->outstanding_lazy_request)
-		ret = i915_add_request(req->ring);
+		i915_add_request(req->ring);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void fake_irq(unsigned long data)
@@ -2466,9 +2463,14 @@ i915_gem_get_seqno(struct drm_device *dev, u32 *seqno)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
-		       struct drm_file *file,
-		       struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
+/*
+ * NB: This function is not allowed to fail. Doing so would mean the the
+ * request is not being tracked for completion but the work itself is
+ * going to happen on the hardware. This would be a Bad Thing(tm).
+ */
+void __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+			struct drm_file *file,
+			struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
@@ -2478,7 +2480,7 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	request = ring->outstanding_lazy_request;
 	if (WARN_ON(request == NULL))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return;
 
 	if (i915.enable_execlists) {
 		ringbuf = request->ctx->engine[ring->id].ringbuf;
@@ -2500,15 +2502,12 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	 * is that the flush _must_ happen before the next request, no matter
 	 * what.
 	 */
-	if (i915.enable_execlists) {
+	if (i915.enable_execlists)
 		ret = logical_ring_flush_all_caches(ringbuf, request->ctx);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	} else {
+	else
 		ret = intel_ring_flush_all_caches(ring);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	/* Not allowed to fail! */
+	WARN(ret, "*_ring_flush_all_caches failed: %d!\n", ret);
 
 	/* Record the position of the start of the request so that
 	 * should we detect the updated seqno part-way through the
@@ -2517,17 +2516,15 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	 */
 	request->postfix = intel_ring_get_tail(ringbuf);
 
-	if (i915.enable_execlists) {
+	if (i915.enable_execlists)
 		ret = ring->emit_request(ringbuf, request);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	} else {
+	else {
 		ret = ring->add_request(ring);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
 
 		request->tail = intel_ring_get_tail(ringbuf);
 	}
+	/* Not allowed to fail! */
+	WARN(ret, "emit|add_request failed: %d!\n", ret);
 
 	request->head = request_start;
 
@@ -2576,8 +2573,6 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	/* Sanity check that the reserved size was large enough. */
 	intel_ring_reserved_space_end(ringbuf);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool i915_context_is_banned(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index bd0e4bd..2b48a31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(struct drm_device *dev,
 	ring->gpu_caches_dirty = true;
 
 	/* Add a breadcrumb for the completion of the batch buffer */
-	(void)__i915_add_request(ring, file, obj);
+	__i915_add_request(ring, file, obj);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
index 521548a..ce4788f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 
 	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so.obj), ring);
 
-	ret = __i915_add_request(ring, NULL, so.obj);
+	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, so.obj);
 	/* __i915_add_request moves object to inactive if it fails */
 out:
 	i915_gem_render_state_fini(&so);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index e62d396..7a75fc8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static int intel_lr_context_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so.obj), ring);
 
-	ret = __i915_add_request(ring, file, so.obj);
+	__i915_add_request(ring, file, so.obj);
 	/* intel_logical_ring_add_request moves object to inactive if it
 	 * fails */
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
index 25c8ec6..e7534b9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
@@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ static int intel_overlay_do_wait_request(struct intel_overlay *overlay,
 	WARN_ON(overlay->last_flip_req);
 	i915_gem_request_assign(&overlay->last_flip_req,
 					     ring->outstanding_lazy_request);
-	ret = i915_add_request(ring);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	i915_add_request(ring);
 
 	overlay->flip_tail = tail;
 	ret = i915_wait_request(overlay->last_flip_req);
@@ -291,7 +289,9 @@ static int intel_overlay_continue(struct intel_overlay *overlay,
 	WARN_ON(overlay->last_flip_req);
 	i915_gem_request_assign(&overlay->last_flip_req,
 					     ring->outstanding_lazy_request);
-	return i915_add_request(ring);
+	i915_add_request(ring);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void intel_overlay_release_old_vid_tail(struct intel_overlay *overlay)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 74c2222..7061b07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2156,14 +2156,10 @@ static int intel_wrap_ring_buffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 int intel_ring_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
-	int ret;
 
 	/* We need to add any requests required to flush the objects and ring */
-	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request) {
-		ret = i915_add_request(ring);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request)
+		i915_add_request(ring);
 
 	/* Wait upon the last request to be completed */
 	if (list_empty(&ring->request_list))
