diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 54bb0d0e49b8..d58ddef468f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ i915_gem_idle(struct drm_device *dev)
 	while (!list_empty(&dev_priv->mm.flushing_list)) {
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv;
 
-		obj_priv = list_first_entry(&dev_priv->mm.active_list,
+		obj_priv = list_first_entry(&dev_priv->mm.flushing_list,
 					    struct drm_i915_gem_object,
 					    list);
 		obj_priv->obj->write_domain &= ~I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS;