diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index bc73f98c3631..6380c6083cb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3943,7 +3943,7 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 			goto cleanup_bsd_ring;
 	}
 
-	dev_priv->next_seqno = 1;
+	dev_priv->next_seqno = (u32)-1 - 0x1000;
 
 	/*
 	 * XXX: There was some w/a described somewhere suggesting loading