diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index c0e476fcd1fafbd39195e1ee2a6c96053f66f9eb..50e7580f93372ce8fda6771227955d3ee3376a76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static void engines_idle_release(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		int err = 0;
 
 		/* serialises with execbuf */
-		RCU_INIT_POINTER(ce->gem_context, NULL);
+		set_bit(CONTEXT_CLOSED_BIT, &ce->flags);
 		if (!intel_context_pin_if_active(ce))
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index d3f4f28e9468caaa87e1ba16d2a2e388ae941b30..36d069504836efdde43d0d29a8f8966e8cee8ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ static void eb_request_add(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	prev = __i915_request_commit(rq);
 
 	/* Check that the context wasn't destroyed before submission */
-	if (likely(rcu_access_pointer(eb->context->gem_context))) {
+	if (likely(!intel_context_is_closed(eb->context))) {
 		attr = eb->gem_context->sched;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index 01474d3a558be71d97191976683db610eccb8fd4..aea992e46c423cc4a713069203bfbe304049a70e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ int __intel_context_do_pin(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(intel_context_is_closed(ce));
+
 	if (unlikely(!test_bit(CONTEXT_ALLOC_BIT, &ce->flags))) {
 		err = intel_context_alloc_state(ce);
 		if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
index 18efad2551245a915917a1bcb893ba3a9d1a4099..07be021882ccd3efef37af754d8da2d1a5d89773 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ static inline bool intel_context_is_barrier(const struct intel_context *ce)
 	return test_bit(CONTEXT_BARRIER_BIT, &ce->flags);
 }
 
+static inline bool intel_context_is_closed(const struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	return test_bit(CONTEXT_CLOSED_BIT, &ce->flags);
+}
+
 static inline bool intel_context_use_semaphores(const struct intel_context *ce)
 {
 	return test_bit(CONTEXT_USE_SEMAPHORES, &ce->flags);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
index 0f3b68b95c56482762807b7615b0fc5393a8b775..07cb83a0d0171a48fbedee19944bb0064b142416 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ struct intel_context {
 #define CONTEXT_BARRIER_BIT		0
 #define CONTEXT_ALLOC_BIT		1
 #define CONTEXT_VALID_BIT		2
-#define CONTEXT_USE_SEMAPHORES		3
-#define CONTEXT_BANNED			4
-#define CONTEXT_FORCE_SINGLE_SUBMISSION	5
-#define CONTEXT_NOPREEMPT		6
+#define CONTEXT_CLOSED_BIT		3
+#define CONTEXT_USE_SEMAPHORES		4
+#define CONTEXT_BANNED			5
+#define CONTEXT_FORCE_SINGLE_SUBMISSION	6
+#define CONTEXT_NOPREEMPT		7
 
 	u32 *lrc_reg_state;
 	u64 lrc_desc;