diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 93efd92362dbc73c6d8504e2894675cf380afa23..8dd4d35655afc9b2aa8565bfe7dfd21611a6e22f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3213,7 +3213,7 @@ void i915_gem_reset(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			rq = i915_request_alloc(engine,
 						dev_priv->kernel_context);
 			if (!IS_ERR(rq))
-				__i915_request_add(rq, false);
+				i915_request_add(rq);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -5332,7 +5332,7 @@ static int __intel_engines_record_defaults(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		if (engine->init_context)
 			err = engine->init_context(rq);
 
-		__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_active;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index b2c7ac1b074d42f54fbfae9bc64c06787b5b0226..ef6ea4bcd7733a75c784b0e7c9d1903b5df0e2ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -700,14 +700,7 @@ int i915_gem_switch_to_kernel_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 			i915_timeline_sync_set(rq->timeline, &prev->fence);
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Force a flush after the switch to ensure that all rendering
-		 * and operations prior to switching to the kernel context hits
-		 * memory. This should be guaranteed by the previous request,
-		 * but an extra layer of paranoia before we declare the system
-		 * idle (on suspend etc) is advisable!
-		 */
-		__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 2d2eb3075960c4103386a7d5be7e55cfde8087fe..60dc2a865f5f960ce0ca46d89fa4e8eb66a0d652 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static void reloc_gpu_flush(struct reloc_cache *cache)
 	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(cache->rq->batch->obj);
 	i915_gem_chipset_flush(cache->rq->i915);
 
-	__i915_request_add(cache->rq, true);
+	i915_request_add(cache->rq);
 	cache->rq = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	trace_i915_request_queue(eb.request, eb.batch_flags);
 	err = eb_submit(&eb);
 err_request:
-	__i915_request_add(eb.request, err == 0);
+	i915_request_add(eb.request);
 	add_to_client(eb.request, file);
 
 	if (fences)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 9092f5464c24d7e5914a4485cfb051748bac790b..e1dbb544046fef9c6b10b28a05922f10a155f9dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -1018,14 +1018,13 @@ i915_request_await_object(struct i915_request *to,
  * request is not being tracked for completion but the work itself is
  * going to happen on the hardware. This would be a Bad Thing(tm).
  */
-void __i915_request_add(struct i915_request *request, bool flush_caches)
+void i915_request_add(struct i915_request *request)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
 	struct i915_timeline *timeline = request->timeline;
 	struct intel_ring *ring = request->ring;
 	struct i915_request *prev;
 	u32 *cs;
-	int err;
 
 	GEM_TRACE("%s fence %llx:%d\n",
 		  engine->name, request->fence.context, request->fence.seqno);
@@ -1046,20 +1045,7 @@ void __i915_request_add(struct i915_request *request, bool flush_caches)
 	 * know that it is time to use that space up.
 	 */
 	request->reserved_space = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Emit any outstanding flushes - execbuf can fail to emit the flush
-	 * after having emitted the batchbuffer command. Hence we need to fix
-	 * things up similar to emitting the lazy request. The difference here
-	 * is that the flush _must_ happen before the next request, no matter
-	 * what.
-	 */
-	if (flush_caches) {
-		err = engine->emit_flush(request, EMIT_FLUSH);
-
-		/* Not allowed to fail! */
-		WARN(err, "engine->emit_flush() failed: %d!\n", err);
-	}
+	engine->emit_flush(request, EMIT_FLUSH);
 
 	/*
 	 * Record the position of the start of the breadcrumb so that
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index 0e9aba53d0e423528d2e9759c31118ba9c227aae..7ee220ded9c9aa30ad0d9c775c89c8ef6ac5ee56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ int i915_request_await_object(struct i915_request *to,
 int i915_request_await_dma_fence(struct i915_request *rq,
 				 struct dma_fence *fence);
 
-void __i915_request_add(struct i915_request *rq, bool flush_caches);
-#define i915_request_add(rq) \
-	__i915_request_add(rq, false)
+void i915_request_add(struct i915_request *rq);
 
 void __i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request);
 void i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c
index 7846ea4a99bc6065546694970f9fd3e7ed9a8e08..fbe4324116d72b42bb401dc9c1f89b9f03ab61d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static int gpu_write(struct i915_vma *vma,
 	reservation_object_unlock(vma->resv);
 
 err_request:
-	__i915_request_add(rq, err == 0);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_coherency.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_coherency.c
index 340a98c0c804a5c8203b4130a114ddf0b2ed7b20..a4900091ae3dc85cb269d5cf4ff42e6709d9547a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_coherency.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_coherency.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int gpu_set(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	cs = intel_ring_begin(rq, 4);
 	if (IS_ERR(cs)) {
-		__i915_request_add(rq, false);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
 		i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 		return PTR_ERR(cs);
 	}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int gpu_set(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	reservation_object_add_excl_fence(obj->resv, &rq->fence);
 	reservation_object_unlock(obj->resv);
 
-	__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
index 708e8d721448868ce6d198459b2660fe74eafd96..836f1af8b833c0b32695d0e8bf5c2f92d4df7bdf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ static int gpu_fill(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	reservation_object_add_excl_fence(obj->resv, &rq->fence);
 	reservation_object_unlock(obj->resv);
 
-	__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 
 	return 0;
 
 err_request:
-	__i915_request_add(rq, false);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 err_batch:
 	i915_vma_unpin(batch);
 err_vma:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
index a3a89aadeccb0563ec2dbfd49e0bc2517bc17f02..f5d00332bb31eb70c947f04acce3425ef5dd4218 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ empty_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		goto out_request;
 
 out_request:
-	__i915_request_add(request, err == 0);
+	i915_request_add(request);
 	return err ? ERR_PTR(err) : request;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_hangcheck.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_hangcheck.c
index 390a157b37c3f5e1f52f9e6e859e71e1e574e97e..fe7d3190ebfee5ec91b3fd668bb0bf3bc1b416bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_hangcheck.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_hangcheck.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ hang_create_request(struct hang *h, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 	err = emit_recurse_batch(h, rq);
 	if (err) {
-		__i915_request_add(rq, false);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int igt_hang_sanitycheck(void *arg)
 		*h.batch = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_END;
 		i915_gem_chipset_flush(i915);
 
-		__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
 
 		timeout = i915_request_wait(rq,
 					    I915_WAIT_LOCKED,
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static int __igt_reset_engine(struct drm_i915_private *i915, bool active)
 				}
 
 				i915_request_get(rq);
-				__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+				i915_request_add(rq);
 				mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 				if (!wait_until_running(&h, rq)) {
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ static int __igt_reset_engines(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 				}
 
 				i915_request_get(rq);
-				__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+				i915_request_add(rq);
 				mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 				if (!wait_until_running(&h, rq)) {
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static int igt_wait_reset(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	i915_request_get(rq);
-	__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 
 	if (!wait_until_running(&h, rq)) {
 		struct drm_printer p = drm_info_printer(i915->drm.dev);
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static int igt_reset_queue(void *arg)
 		}
 
 		i915_request_get(prev);
-		__i915_request_add(prev, true);
+		i915_request_add(prev);
 
 		count = 0;
 		do {
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static int igt_reset_queue(void *arg)
 			}
 
 			i915_request_get(rq);
-			__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+			i915_request_add(rq);
 
 			/*
 			 * XXX We don't handle resetting the kernel context
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ static int igt_handle_error(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	i915_request_get(rq);
-	__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 
 	if (!wait_until_running(&h, rq)) {
 		struct drm_printer p = drm_info_printer(i915->drm.dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c
index 0b6da08c8caec6c53f3060a55d4a7ec4d1715dfd..ea27c7cfbf9685fac867538e24c3acd27cb85a33 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ spinner_create_request(struct spinner *spin,
 
 	err = emit_recurse_batch(spin, rq, arbitration_command);
 	if (err) {
-		__i915_request_add(rq, false);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_workarounds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_workarounds.c
index f1cfb0fb6bea42f75ad09c03d7a771a3f1e50b52..e1ea2d2bedd2f0e9280a1e7b560b37b558e846bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_workarounds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_workarounds.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ read_nonprivs(struct i915_gem_context *ctx, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	i915_gem_object_get(result);
 	i915_gem_object_set_active_reference(result);
 
-	__i915_request_add(rq, true);
+	i915_request_add(rq);
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 
 	return result;