diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 23ee54dbc9c5d31657fe846749381a5d04fb939f..80705dee92d6c7e71e3dc0226b6948e7d8cca625 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2536,14 +2536,7 @@ void __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	 */
 	request->batch_obj = obj;
 
-	if (!i915.enable_execlists) {
-		/* Hold a reference to the current context so that we can inspect
-		 * it later in case a hangcheck error event fires.
-		 */
-		request->ctx = ring->last_context;
-		if (request->ctx)
-			i915_gem_context_reference(request->ctx);
-	}
+	WARN_ON(!i915.enable_execlists && (request->ctx != ring->last_context));
 
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);
@@ -2654,21 +2647,24 @@ int i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	if (req == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	kref_init(&req->ref);
-	req->i915 = dev_priv;
-
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &req->seqno);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
+	kref_init(&req->ref);
+	req->i915 = dev_priv;
 	req->ring = ring;
+	req->ctx  = ctx;
+	i915_gem_context_reference(req->ctx);
 
 	if (i915.enable_execlists)
-		ret = intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(req, ctx);
+		ret = intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(req);
 	else
 		ret = intel_ring_alloc_request_extras(req);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		i915_gem_context_unreference(req->ctx);
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Reserve space in the ring buffer for all the commands required to
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 5373b0d1068a5b3696637e684719e99c74a58246..6f3ec7197d89653b2476649a75f0c631477227bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -659,20 +659,17 @@ static int execlists_move_to_gpu(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
 	return logical_ring_invalidate_all_caches(ringbuf, ctx);
 }
 
-int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
-					    struct intel_context *ctx)
+int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (ctx != request->ring->default_context) {
-		ret = intel_lr_context_pin(request->ring, ctx);
+	if (request->ctx != request->ring->default_context) {
+		ret = intel_lr_context_pin(request->ring, request->ctx);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	request->ringbuf = ctx->engine[request->ring->id].ringbuf;
-	request->ctx     = ctx;
-	i915_gem_context_reference(request->ctx);
+	request->ringbuf = request->ctx->engine[request->ring->id].ringbuf;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
index 04d3a6d8b207e2ff2031df23a486300503c18a98..4148de016931660b4afbfe2ab0c2473a73ac10b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 #define RING_CONTEXT_STATUS_PTR(ring)	((ring)->mmio_base+0x3a0)
 
 /* Logical Rings */
-int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
-					    struct intel_context *ctx);
+int intel_logical_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request);
 void intel_logical_ring_stop(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
 void intel_logical_ring_cleanup(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
 int intel_logical_rings_init(struct drm_device *dev);