diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ed4465d22ddea9f294f1733727eaceb2cf683aaa..a6ae3efd1d6aaf16a0262f446aeaa5ffa9970369 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4432,9 +4432,7 @@ i915_gem_load_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gt.timelines);
-	err = i915_gem_timeline_init(dev_priv,
-				     &dev_priv->gt.global_timeline,
-				     "[execution]");
+	err = i915_gem_timeline_init__global(dev_priv);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_requests;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 5050464c54018f1b196480a7291fb5af4c5cc9ae..f25b537d6e64aa239a67e5b318ed800171ad2afa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ submit_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
 				request->ring->vaddr + request->postfix);
 	engine->submit_request(request);
 
-	spin_lock_nested(&request->timeline->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	spin_lock(&request->timeline->lock);
 	list_move_tail(&request->link, &timeline->requests);
 	spin_unlock(&request->timeline->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c
index fc8f13a79f8f997494e43ec41180797d26055b85..bf8a471b61e664c3d4b6b25d9ab04b0218fd3258 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 
 #include "i915_drv.h"
 
-int i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
-			   struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline,
-			   const char *name)
+static int __i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+				    struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline,
+				    const char *name,
+				    struct lock_class_key *lockclass,
+				    const char *lockname)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	u64 fences;
@@ -47,8 +49,11 @@ int i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 		tl->fence_context = fences++;
 		tl->common = timeline;
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
+		__raw_spin_lock_init(&tl->lock.rlock, lockname, lockclass);
+#else
 		spin_lock_init(&tl->lock);
+#endif
 		init_request_active(&tl->last_request, NULL);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tl->requests);
 	}
@@ -56,6 +61,26 @@ int i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+			   struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline,
+			   const char *name)
+{
+	static struct lock_class_key class;
+
+	return __i915_gem_timeline_init(i915, timeline, name,
+					&class, "&timeline->lock");
+}
+
+int i915_gem_timeline_init__global(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+{
+	static struct lock_class_key class;
+
+	return __i915_gem_timeline_init(i915,
+					&i915->gt.global_timeline,
+					"[execution]",
+					&class, "&global_timeline->lock");
+}
+
 void i915_gem_timeline_fini(struct i915_gem_timeline *tl)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h
index f2bf7b1d49a1e864bc34016cf989df4f331f724c..98d99a62b4aea5b3048d269dbff1b722200966dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct i915_gem_timeline {
 int i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 			   struct i915_gem_timeline *tl,
 			   const char *name);
+int i915_gem_timeline_init__global(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void i915_gem_timeline_fini(struct i915_gem_timeline *tl);
 
 #endif