diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
index 21be74c61065..e3b2b3b1e056 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
@@ -178,15 +178,23 @@ static inline void i915_vma_put(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	i915_gem_object_put(vma->obj);
 }
 
+static __always_inline ptrdiff_t ptrdiff(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	return a - b;
+}
+
 static inline long
 i915_vma_compare(struct i915_vma *vma,
 		 struct i915_address_space *vm,
 		 const struct i915_ggtt_view *view)
 {
+	ptrdiff_t cmp;
+
 	GEM_BUG_ON(view && !i915_is_ggtt(vm));
 
-	if (vma->vm != vm)
-		return vma->vm - vm;
+	cmp = ptrdiff(vma->vm, vm);
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
 
 	if (!view)
 		return vma->ggtt_view.type;