diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
index 746210f3f6c2..7988f5e7d56a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
  * See struct dma_exec for more details.
  */
 
-/* Dummy value used to initially enter the retry loop */
-#define DRM_EXEC_DUMMY ((void *)~0)
-
 /* Unlock all objects and drop references */
 static void drm_exec_unlock_all(struct drm_exec *exec)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_validation.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_validation.h
index a30e732c4d51..4cd955ce6cd2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_validation.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_validation.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ bool xe_validation_should_retry(struct xe_validation_ctx *ctx, int *ret);
 #define xe_validation_retry_on_oom(_ctx, _ret)				\
 	do {								\
 		if (xe_validation_should_retry(_ctx, _ret))		\
-			goto *__drm_exec_retry_ptr;			\
+			drm_exec_retry((_ctx)->exec);			\
 	} while (0)
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_exec.h b/include/drm/drm_exec.h
index 18f84faabbb9..99c7e1bb3c5b 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_exec.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_exec.h
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 #define DRM_EXEC_INTERRUPTIBLE_WAIT	BIT(0)
 #define DRM_EXEC_IGNORE_DUPLICATES	BIT(1)
 
+/*
+ * Dummy value used to initially enter the retry loop.
+ * internal use only.
+ */
+#define DRM_EXEC_DUMMY ((void *)~0)
+
 struct drm_gem_object;
 
 /**
@@ -142,6 +148,19 @@ static inline bool drm_exec_is_contended(struct drm_exec *exec)
 	return !!exec->contended;
 }
 
+/**
+ * drm_exec_retry() - Unconditionally restart the loop to grab all locks.
+ * @exec: drm_exec object
+ *
+ * Unconditionally retry the loop to lock all objects. For consistency,
+ * the exec object needs to be newly initialized.
+ */
+#define drm_exec_retry(_exec)					\
+	do {							\
+		WARN_ON((_exec)->contended != DRM_EXEC_DUMMY);	\
+		goto *__drm_exec_retry_ptr;			\
+	} while (0)
+
 void drm_exec_init(struct drm_exec *exec, u32 flags, unsigned nr);
 void drm_exec_fini(struct drm_exec *exec);
 bool drm_exec_cleanup(struct drm_exec *exec);