diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index e25581a9f60f..f75806e5bff5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ int intel_init_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	 * of the buffer.
 	 */
 	ring->effective_size = ring->size;
-	if (IS_I830(ring->dev))
+	if (IS_I830(ring->dev) || IS_845G(ring->dev))
 		ring->effective_size -= 128;
 
 	return 0;