diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 9e430590fb3a..a8fe2f16c910 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1535,7 +1535,8 @@ static bool can_merge_rq(const struct i915_request *prev,
 		return true;
 
 	if (unlikely((prev->fence.flags ^ next->fence.flags) &
-		     (I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT | I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL)))
+		     (BIT(I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT) |
+		      BIT(I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL))))
 		return false;
 
 	if (!can_merge_ctx(prev->context, next->context))