diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 173d1e4ad963224105803e18f34c46c25ef42d3d..b312ac006d2420da1e643600164debd563e482f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3708,7 +3708,29 @@ i915_gem_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 
 static int wait_for_timeline(struct i915_timeline *tl, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	return i915_gem_active_wait(&tl->last_request, flags);
+	struct i915_request *rq;
+	long ret;
+
+	rq = i915_gem_active_get_unlocked(&tl->last_request);
+	if (!rq)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * "Race-to-idle".
+	 *
+	 * Switching to the kernel context is often used a synchronous
+	 * step prior to idling, e.g. in suspend for flushing all
+	 * current operations to memory before sleeping. These we
+	 * want to complete as quickly as possible to avoid prolonged
+	 * stalls, so allow the gpu to boost to maximum clocks.
+	 */
+	if (flags & I915_WAIT_FOR_IDLE_BOOST)
+		gen6_rps_boost(rq, NULL);
+
+	ret = i915_request_wait(rq, flags, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
+	i915_request_put(rq);
+
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
 static int wait_for_engines(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
@@ -4983,7 +5005,8 @@ int i915_gem_suspend(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 		ret = i915_gem_wait_for_idle(dev_priv,
 					     I915_WAIT_INTERRUPTIBLE |
-					     I915_WAIT_LOCKED);
+					     I915_WAIT_LOCKED |
+					     I915_WAIT_FOR_IDLE_BOOST);
 		if (ret && ret != -EIO)
 			goto err_unlock;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index 1bbbb7a9fa03738e3e5c167d8f4762c988e87def..491ff81d0fea78c136224ed221ef2be3a8b31b42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ long i915_request_wait(struct i915_request *rq,
 #define I915_WAIT_INTERRUPTIBLE	BIT(0)
 #define I915_WAIT_LOCKED	BIT(1) /* struct_mutex held, handle GPU reset */
 #define I915_WAIT_ALL		BIT(2) /* used by i915_gem_object_wait() */
+#define I915_WAIT_FOR_IDLE_BOOST BIT(3)
 
 static inline u32 intel_engine_get_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);