diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 69a0e00039c6..d4e1fa757a34 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2621,10 +2621,9 @@ 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,
-		       u32 *seqno);
-#define i915_add_request(ring, seqno) \
-	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL, seqno)
+		       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,
 			unsigned reset_counter,
 			bool interruptible,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 3f56f50900bd..c403bacee161 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ i915_gem_check_olr(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 
 	ret = 0;
 	if (req == req->ring->outstanding_lazy_request)
-		ret = i915_add_request(req->ring, NULL);
+		ret = i915_add_request(req->ring);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2412,8 +2412,7 @@ i915_gem_get_seqno(struct drm_device *dev, u32 *seqno)
 
 int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 		       struct drm_file *file,
-		       struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-		       u32 *out_seqno)
+		       struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
@@ -2512,8 +2511,6 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 			   round_jiffies_up_relative(HZ));
 	intel_mark_busy(dev_priv->dev);
 
-	if (out_seqno)
-		*out_seqno = request->seqno;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 7ecfa918e114..faada7544050 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ 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, NULL);
+	(void)__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 98dcd94acba8..521548a08578 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, NULL);
+	ret = __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 8d0b8ac2748a..1ed25a120159 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ 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, NULL);
+	ret = __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 6c530e298b64..c1abf49ea5b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static int intel_overlay_do_wait_request(struct intel_overlay *overlay,
 	BUG_ON(overlay->last_flip_req);
 	i915_gem_request_assign(&overlay->last_flip_req,
 					     ring->outstanding_lazy_request);
-	ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL);
+	ret = i915_add_request(ring);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ 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, NULL);
+	return i915_add_request(ring);
 }
 
 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 b9d0d29f8343..abdaafd73c77 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ int intel_ring_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 
 	/* We need to add any requests required to flush the objects and ring */
 	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request) {
-		ret = i915_add_request(ring, NULL);
+		ret = i915_add_request(ring);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}