diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 4eb1a76731b2..14956d899911 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ i915_priotree_init(struct i915_priotree *pt)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pt->signalers_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pt->waiters_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pt->link);
-	pt->priority = INT_MIN;
+	pt->priority = I915_PRIORITY_INVALID;
 }
 
 static int reset_all_global_seqno(struct drm_i915_private *i915, u32 seqno)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
index 96eb52471dad..6b9e992d01de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct i915_priotree {
 #define I915_PRIORITY_MAX 1024
 #define I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL 0
 #define I915_PRIORITY_MIN (-I915_PRIORITY_MAX)
+#define I915_PRIORITY_INVALID INT_MIN
 };
 
 struct i915_gem_capture_list {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index cbac2fff8e4d..303bb2c0b3ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -863,6 +863,8 @@ static void execlists_schedule(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request, int prio)
 	struct i915_dependency stack;
 	LIST_HEAD(dfs);
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(prio == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID);
+
 	if (prio <= READ_ONCE(request->priotree.priority))
 		return;
 
@@ -911,7 +913,7 @@ static void execlists_schedule(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request, int prio)
 	 * execlists_submit_request()), we can set our own priority and skip
 	 * acquiring the engine locks.
 	 */
-	if (request->priotree.priority == INT_MIN) {
+	if (request->priotree.priority == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID) {
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&request->priotree.link));
 		request->priotree.priority = prio;
 		if (stack.dfs_link.next == stack.dfs_link.prev)