diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index e09d18df8b7f18ca0b17f65797e5cbdc4baec072..a3e93d46316a267571f199cfcbd665434f41003f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -476,8 +476,6 @@ void __i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->timeline->lock);
 
-	trace_i915_gem_request_execute(request);
-
 	/* Transfer from per-context onto the global per-engine timeline */
 	timeline = engine->timeline;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline == request->timeline);
@@ -501,6 +499,8 @@ void __i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	list_move_tail(&request->link, &timeline->requests);
 	spin_unlock(&request->timeline->lock);
 
+	trace_i915_gem_request_execute(request);
+
 	wake_up_all(&request->execute);
 }