diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 714caed86cdc30a72c8d04155730a2ff3e322941..b96d4b1a09780585782136416aa70c2f41d7cbd7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3042,8 +3042,7 @@ void i915_gem_context_reset(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
 int i915_gem_context_enable(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
 void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
-int i915_switch_context(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
-			struct intel_context *to);
+int i915_switch_context(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
 struct intel_context *
 i915_gem_context_get(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv, u32 id);
 void i915_gem_context_free(struct kref *ctx_ref);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 8fbdfc3e971c325180e4cead3e47e68271cf8d45..4625a2fdc180f4504a2575fca4d7b1d65ab5ec76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2539,8 +2539,6 @@ void __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	 */
 	request->batch_obj = obj;
 
-	WARN_ON(!i915.enable_execlists && (request->ctx != ring->last_context));
-
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);
 	request->file_priv = NULL;
@@ -3311,7 +3309,7 @@ int i915_gpu_idle(struct drm_device *dev)
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 
-			ret = i915_switch_context(req->ring, ring->default_context);
+			ret = i915_switch_context(req);
 			if (ret) {
 				i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
 				return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 4514d5aa5a93302451bfdac44ca885042e6bc503..f8902bcc393976937cdb621f3dcdcfa8505d6a13 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_enable(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 
 		ret = ring->init_context(ring, ring->default_context);
 	} else
-		ret = i915_switch_context(ring, ring->default_context);
+		ret = i915_switch_context(req);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("ring init context: %d\n", ret);
@@ -775,8 +775,7 @@ static int do_switch(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 /**
  * i915_switch_context() - perform a GPU context switch.
- * @ring: ring for which we'll execute the context switch
- * @to: the context to switch to
+ * @req: request for which we'll execute the context switch
  *
  * The context life cycle is simple. The context refcount is incremented and
  * decremented by 1 and create and destroy. If the context is in use by the GPU,
@@ -787,25 +786,25 @@ static int do_switch(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
  * switched by writing to the ELSP and requests keep a reference to their
  * context.
  */
-int i915_switch_context(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
-			struct intel_context *to)
+int i915_switch_context(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 
 	WARN_ON(i915.enable_execlists);
 	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev_priv->dev->struct_mutex));
 
-	if (to->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state == NULL) { /* We have the fake context */
-		if (to != ring->last_context) {
-			i915_gem_context_reference(to);
+	if (req->ctx->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state == NULL) { /* We have the fake context */
+		if (req->ctx != ring->last_context) {
+			i915_gem_context_reference(req->ctx);
 			if (ring->last_context)
 				i915_gem_context_unreference(ring->last_context);
-			ring->last_context = to;
+			ring->last_context = req->ctx;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return do_switch(ring, to);
+	return do_switch(req->ring, req->ctx);
 }
 
 static bool contexts_enabled(struct drm_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index a15517249bb9926376840d85cc5178661778f010..d0ced5b04f4d32345e1ea05cbc3f96cf8f5eb708 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ i915_gem_ringbuffer_submission(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params,
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;
 
-	ret = i915_switch_context(ring, params->ctx);
+	ret = i915_switch_context(params->request);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;