diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 9e9aa6b725f75940a3fd8079657c90874ab70e78..5cbb11ece60a07d598ec238f0fe7fc9af1cfc0a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ __i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Move the oldest request to the slab-cache (if not in use!) */
+	if (!list_empty(&engine->request_list)) {
+		req = list_first_entry(&engine->request_list,
+				       typeof(*req), list);
+		if (i915_gem_request_completed(req))
+			i915_gem_request_retire(req);
+	}
+
 	req = kmem_cache_zalloc(dev_priv->requests, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!req)
 		return -ENOMEM;