diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 4139858323513a742b930bb3f8baff829c9bc377..4dedeaa3c788ed5893fca1bbb104022a2c8ea6b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -700,6 +700,12 @@ int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Flush enough space to reduce the likelihood of waiting after
+	 * we start building the request - in which case we will just
+	 * have to repeat work.
+	 */
+	request->reserved_space += MIN_SPACE_FOR_ADD_REQUEST;
+
 	request->ringbuf = request->ctx->engine[request->engine->id].ringbuf;
 
 	if (i915.enable_guc_submission) {
@@ -725,6 +731,7 @@ int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unpin;
 
+	request->reserved_space -= MIN_SPACE_FOR_ADD_REQUEST;
 	return 0;
 
 err_unpin:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index c2a699230809caa89bcdd865c29d12f42f6997f5..b5e79ac29ebc9e824a6855e009f88dac3e557522 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2339,8 +2339,22 @@ int intel_engine_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 int intel_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Flush enough space to reduce the likelihood of waiting after
+	 * we start building the request - in which case we will just
+	 * have to repeat work.
+	 */
+	request->reserved_space += MIN_SPACE_FOR_ADD_REQUEST;
+
 	request->ringbuf = request->engine->buffer;
-	return intel_ring_begin(request, 0);
+
+	ret = intel_ring_begin(request, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	request->reserved_space -= MIN_SPACE_FOR_ADD_REQUEST;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int wait_for_space(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req, int bytes)