diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 91543494f595..393339de0910 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static int live_timeslice_nopreempt(void *arg)
 
 		ce = intel_context_create(engine);
 		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			err = PTR_ERR(ce);
 			goto out_spin;
 		}