diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 19404c96eeb10670da75ce5426c96c10f6a5d7e1..af289d35b77a249c8fa9a7aab4a9672592399d51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3013,10 +3013,15 @@ void i915_gem_reset_finish(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 static void nop_submit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_terminally_wedged(&request->i915->gpu_error));
 	dma_fence_set_error(&request->fence, -EIO);
-	i915_gem_request_submit(request);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&request->engine->timeline->lock, flags);
+	__i915_gem_request_submit(request);
 	intel_engine_init_global_seqno(request->engine, request->global_seqno);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&request->engine->timeline->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void engine_set_wedged(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)