diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 483af8921060bfcd963b062bf0845a94ce3f14d9..d93a185c0f0a855fd9b2c1b4e3338e1ceb16398f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ static int reset_all_global_seqno(struct drm_i915_private *i915, u32 seqno)
 				cond_resched();
 		}
 
+		/* Check we are idle before we fiddle with hw state! */
+		GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_engine_is_idle(engine));
+		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_gem_active_isset(&engine->timeline->last_request));
+
 		/* Finally reset hw state */
 		intel_engine_init_global_seqno(engine, seqno);
 		tl->seqno = seqno;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index c6ebfe7fb4f15d5e2ff8e3ef2fb4560260efbb11..9ab5969413722a5999a4266629ea2ba0fc2305f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ void intel_engine_init_global_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 seqno)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = engine->i915;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_engine_is_idle(engine));
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_gem_active_isset(&engine->timeline->last_request));
-
 	/* Our semaphore implementation is strictly monotonic (i.e. we proceed
 	 * so long as the semaphore value in the register/page is greater
 	 * than the sync value), so whenever we reset the seqno,