diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index a6f20471b4cd7883cb00e56206f0ace5da846434..08ee5c8834fb24bfc4204dbf88bde19597f5fbe3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2027,6 +2027,7 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 	struct kmem_cache *vmas;
 	struct kmem_cache *requests;
 	struct kmem_cache *dependencies;
+	struct kmem_cache *priorities;
 
 	const struct intel_device_info info;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 3d9161c8c1a1e5fbdca7da2b7af296c5f9e5a98b..0680bd2e635a0afeee4708fb29c1c70bc32ce0d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4866,12 +4866,16 @@ i915_gem_load_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	if (!dev_priv->dependencies)
 		goto err_requests;
 
+	dev_priv->priorities = KMEM_CACHE(i915_priolist, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
+	if (!dev_priv->priorities)
+		goto err_dependencies;
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gt.timelines);
 	err = i915_gem_timeline_init__global(dev_priv);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_dependencies;
+		goto err_priorities;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->context_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&dev_priv->mm.free_work, __i915_gem_free_work);
@@ -4895,6 +4899,8 @@ i915_gem_load_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_priorities:
+	kmem_cache_destroy(dev_priv->priorities);
 err_dependencies:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dev_priv->dependencies);
 err_requests:
@@ -4918,6 +4924,7 @@ void i915_gem_load_cleanup(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev_priv->gt.timelines));
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 
+	kmem_cache_destroy(dev_priv->priorities);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dev_priv->dependencies);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dev_priv->requests);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(dev_priv->vmas);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index 3b9cdb0907c21ea19a7aa7610f4519b1cfacf786..b3da056ea8f115df40e3d81cbb9d3c40b1c3f7e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static bool i915_guc_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		rb_erase(&p->node, &engine->execlist_queue);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->requests);
 		if (p->priority != I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
-			kfree(p);
+			kmem_cache_free(engine->i915->priorities, p);
 	}
 done:
 	engine->execlist_first = rb;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 626db6185a21e913025d59a7f8a925c627d3b750..8529746dd7cc9a8c04cacf5100e3c2f109a1d1b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		rb_erase(&p->node, &engine->execlist_queue);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->requests);
 		if (p->priority != I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
-			kfree(p);
+			kmem_cache_free(engine->i915->priorities, p);
 	}
 done:
 	engine->execlist_first = rb;
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ insert_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (prio == I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL) {
 		p = &engine->default_priolist;
 	} else {
-		p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		p = kmem_cache_alloc(engine->i915->priorities, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		/* Convert an allocation failure to a priority bump */
 		if (unlikely(!p)) {
 			prio = I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL; /* recurses just once */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index f321bdfe0b5bcbca96ddb942258ae80e7423e862..3d0e313497d08f33126d792798655a289b95571e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static void mock_device_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	destroy_workqueue(i915->wq);
 
+	kmem_cache_destroy(i915->priorities);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(i915->dependencies);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(i915->requests);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(i915->vmas);
@@ -186,12 +187,16 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	if (!i915->dependencies)
 		goto err_requests;
 
+	i915->priorities = KMEM_CACHE(i915_priolist, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
+	if (!i915->priorities)
+		goto err_dependencies;
+
 	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&i915->gt.timelines);
 	err = i915_gem_timeline_init__global(i915);
 	if (err) {
 		mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-		goto err_dependencies;
+		goto err_priorities;
 	}
 
 	mock_init_ggtt(i915);
@@ -211,6 +216,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 err_engine:
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id)
 		mock_engine_free(engine);
+err_priorities:
+	kmem_cache_destroy(i915->priorities);
 err_dependencies:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(i915->dependencies);
 err_requests: