diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 5bf96a258509989e26b1ea4397ad8f8e7ffd9d81..4f26f80b1b3eb7dbec415800e7c61956ebc09929 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ int i915_switch_context(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 	return do_rcs_switch(req);
 }
 
-static bool engine_has_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static bool engine_has_idle_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline;
 
@@ -913,8 +913,7 @@ static bool engine_has_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			return false;
 	}
 
-	return (!engine->last_retired_context ||
-		i915_gem_context_is_kernel(engine->last_retired_context));
+	return intel_engine_has_kernel_context(engine);
 }
 
 int i915_gem_switch_to_kernel_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
@@ -931,7 +930,7 @@ int i915_gem_switch_to_kernel_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
 		int ret;
 
-		if (engine_has_kernel_context(engine))
+		if (engine_has_idle_kernel_context(engine))
 			continue;
 
 		req = i915_gem_request_alloc(engine, dev_priv->kernel_context);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
index a6b769994d8df6cbdc834a608162fe320c7dd830..60ca4f05ae94a2f73c3f2b8dcf7a63f9b9bbf8f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static bool ggtt_is_idle(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	       return false;
 
        for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
-	       if (engine->last_retired_context != i915->kernel_context)
+	       if (!intel_engine_has_kernel_context(engine))
 		       return false;
        }
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static int ggtt_flush(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!ggtt_is_idle(i915));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index ab5bf4e2e28e21f3daa7072a37cb6895aba8233c..f6cdc50d423710b2a480d03c59ef67a3718c763f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1585,6 +1585,12 @@ bool intel_engines_are_idle(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool intel_engine_has_kernel_context(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	return (!engine->last_retired_context ||
+		i915_gem_context_is_kernel(engine->last_retired_context));
+}
+
 void intel_engines_reset_default_submission(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 6a42ed618a28ce1f47b2aeca7263cb9f561a1a86..a2589aa891639db6d46cb6126ebb58cabb1fd35b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -866,6 +866,8 @@ static inline u32 *gen8_emit_pipe_control(u32 *batch, u32 flags, u32 offset)
 bool intel_engine_is_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 bool intel_engines_are_idle(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 
+bool intel_engine_has_kernel_context(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
+
 void intel_engines_mark_idle(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void intel_engines_reset_default_submission(struct drm_i915_private *i915);