diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 69fff36ec0ccdfbc25681c4bdb02177a267b4a92..6fc0966b75ff227581e582079701db866116cae5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2358,8 +2358,10 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				if (last->context == rq->context)
 					goto done;
 
-				if (i915_request_has_sentinel(last))
+				if (i915_request_has_sentinel(last)) {
+					start_timeslice(engine, rq_prio(rq));
 					goto done;
+				}
 
 				/*
 				 * If GVT overrides us we only ever submit