diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 015e55cc14903c530c4709e308e24fab474c0086..46cc03b60183252d4927b4196b406ef0d402a5d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -4722,7 +4722,7 @@ i915_wedged_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 	struct drm_device *dev = data;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 
-	*val = i915_reset_counter(&dev_priv->gpu_error);
+	*val = i915_terminally_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4741,7 +4741,7 @@ i915_wedged_set(void *data, u64 val)
 	 * while it is writing to 'i915_wedged'
 	 */
 
-	if (i915_reset_in_progress_or_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error))
+	if (i915_reset_in_progress(&dev_priv->gpu_error))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	intel_runtime_pm_get(dev_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 1dca3442c5455e9881496e72008192bf96622173..633d0ddace6ad13d094581bfcd30dafd9008404a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -880,23 +880,32 @@ int i915_resume_switcheroo(struct drm_device *dev)
 int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	bool simulated;
+	struct i915_gpu_error *error = &dev_priv->gpu_error;
+	unsigned reset_counter;
 	int ret;
 
 	intel_reset_gt_powersave(dev);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
-	i915_gem_reset(dev);
+	/* Clear any previous failed attempts at recovery. Time to try again. */
+	atomic_andnot(I915_WEDGED, &error->reset_counter);
 
-	simulated = dev_priv->gpu_error.stop_rings != 0;
+	/* Clear the reset-in-progress flag and increment the reset epoch. */
+	reset_counter = atomic_inc_return(&error->reset_counter);
+	if (WARN_ON(__i915_reset_in_progress(reset_counter))) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	i915_gem_reset(dev);
 
 	ret = intel_gpu_reset(dev, ALL_ENGINES);
 
 	/* Also reset the gpu hangman. */
-	if (simulated) {
+	if (error->stop_rings != 0) {
 		DRM_INFO("Simulated gpu hang, resetting stop_rings\n");
-		dev_priv->gpu_error.stop_rings = 0;
+		error->stop_rings = 0;
 		if (ret == -ENODEV) {
 			DRM_INFO("Reset not implemented, but ignoring "
 				 "error for simulated gpu hangs\n");
@@ -909,8 +918,7 @@ int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed to reset chip: %i\n", ret);
-		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-		return ret;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	intel_overlay_reset(dev_priv);
@@ -929,20 +937,14 @@ int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * was running at the time of the reset (i.e. we weren't VT
 	 * switched away).
 	 */
-
-	/* Used to prevent gem_check_wedged returning -EAGAIN during gpu reset */
-	dev_priv->gpu_error.reload_in_reset = true;
-
 	ret = i915_gem_init_hw(dev);
-
-	dev_priv->gpu_error.reload_in_reset = false;
-
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed hw init on reset %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * rps/rc6 re-init is necessary to restore state lost after the
 	 * reset and the re-install of gt irqs. Skip for ironlake per
@@ -953,6 +955,11 @@ int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 		intel_enable_gt_powersave(dev);
 
 	return 0;
+
+error:
+	atomic_or(I915_WEDGED, &error->reset_counter);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int i915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index a2fb81628439d1dd40dec6455c1c78e1e0fd840a..69fb1853d5c33779141bf93b61014bbb3e3ed99d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1400,9 +1400,6 @@ struct i915_gpu_error {
 
 	/* For missed irq/seqno simulation. */
 	unsigned int test_irq_rings;
-
-	/* Used to prevent gem_check_wedged returning -EAGAIN during gpu reset   */
-	bool reload_in_reset;
 };
 
 enum modeset_restore {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 7c46089a15db71c7c2358baf23e980617bee15d2..defb445f21285c8ec9769fb99e255d391270ff1a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ i915_gem_wait_for_error(struct i915_gpu_error *error)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-#define EXIT_COND (!i915_reset_in_progress_or_wedged(error) || \
-		   i915_terminally_wedged(error))
-	if (EXIT_COND)
+	if (!i915_reset_in_progress(error))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -94,17 +92,16 @@ i915_gem_wait_for_error(struct i915_gpu_error *error)
 	 * we should simply try to bail out and fail as gracefully as possible.
 	 */
 	ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(error->reset_queue,
-					       EXIT_COND,
+					       !i915_reset_in_progress(error),
 					       10*HZ);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Timed out waiting for the gpu reset to complete\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
 		return ret;
+	} else {
+		return 0;
 	}
-#undef EXIT_COND
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(struct drm_device *dev)
@@ -1113,22 +1110,16 @@ i915_gem_check_wedge(struct i915_gpu_error *error,
 		     bool interruptible)
 {
 	if (i915_reset_in_progress_or_wedged(error)) {
+		/* Recovery complete, but the reset failed ... */
+		if (i915_terminally_wedged(error))
+			return -EIO;
+
 		/* Non-interruptible callers can't handle -EAGAIN, hence return
 		 * -EIO unconditionally for these. */
 		if (!interruptible)
 			return -EIO;
 
-		/* Recovery complete, but the reset failed ... */
-		if (i915_terminally_wedged(error))
-			return -EIO;
-
-		/*
-		 * Check if GPU Reset is in progress - we need intel_ring_begin
-		 * to work properly to reinit the hw state while the gpu is
-		 * still marked as reset-in-progress. Handle this with a flag.
-		 */
-		if (!error->reload_in_reset)
-			return -EAGAIN;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index c2269c103e3010a1501d55bd96b3f3f421e34ab8..be78f5229114adc6c140ec771611055b454440af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -2483,7 +2483,6 @@ static void i915_error_wake_up(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 static void i915_reset_and_wakeup(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(dev);
-	struct i915_gpu_error *error = &dev_priv->gpu_error;
 	char *error_event[] = { I915_ERROR_UEVENT "=1", NULL };
 	char *reset_event[] = { I915_RESET_UEVENT "=1", NULL };
 	char *reset_done_event[] = { I915_ERROR_UEVENT "=0", NULL };
@@ -2501,7 +2500,7 @@ static void i915_reset_and_wakeup(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * the reset in-progress bit is only ever set by code outside of this
 	 * work we don't need to worry about any other races.
 	 */
-	if (i915_reset_in_progress_or_wedged(error) && !i915_terminally_wedged(error)) {
+	if (i915_reset_in_progress(&dev_priv->gpu_error)) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("resetting chip\n");
 		kobject_uevent_env(&dev->primary->kdev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE,
 				   reset_event);
@@ -2529,25 +2528,9 @@ static void i915_reset_and_wakeup(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 		intel_runtime_pm_put(dev_priv);
 
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * After all the gem state is reset, increment the reset
-			 * counter and wake up everyone waiting for the reset to
-			 * complete.
-			 *
-			 * Since unlock operations are a one-sided barrier only,
-			 * we need to insert a barrier here to order any seqno
-			 * updates before
-			 * the counter increment.
-			 */
-			smp_mb__before_atomic();
-			atomic_inc(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);
-
+		if (ret == 0)
 			kobject_uevent_env(&dev->primary->kdev->kobj,
 					   KOBJ_CHANGE, reset_done_event);
-		} else {
-			atomic_or(I915_WEDGED, &error->reset_counter);
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Note: The wake_up also serves as a memory barrier so that