diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index ea85d71cab04c331f1d2dbf4e95a22581ca7a1ec..d71c89f8802e08e34b7e919513c3e99aaf250a31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -588,9 +588,15 @@ static int i915_quiescent(struct drm_device * dev)
 static int i915_flush_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			    struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
-	LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
+	int ret;
+
+	RING_LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
 
-	return i915_quiescent(dev);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	ret = i915_quiescent(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int i915_batchbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
@@ -611,14 +617,16 @@ static int i915_batchbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	DRM_DEBUG("i915 batchbuffer, start %x used %d cliprects %d\n",
 		  batch->start, batch->used, batch->num_cliprects);
 
-	LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
+	RING_LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
 
 	if (batch->num_cliprects && DRM_VERIFYAREA_READ(batch->cliprects,
 						       batch->num_cliprects *
 						       sizeof(struct drm_clip_rect)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	ret = i915_dispatch_batchbuffer(dev, batch);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	sarea_priv->last_dispatch = (int)hw_status[5];
 	return ret;
@@ -637,7 +645,7 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	DRM_DEBUG("i915 cmdbuffer, buf %p sz %d cliprects %d\n",
 		  cmdbuf->buf, cmdbuf->sz, cmdbuf->num_cliprects);
 
-	LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
+	RING_LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
 
 	if (cmdbuf->num_cliprects &&
 	    DRM_VERIFYAREA_READ(cmdbuf->cliprects,
@@ -647,7 +655,9 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	ret = i915_dispatch_cmdbuffer(dev, cmdbuf);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("i915_dispatch_cmdbuffer failed\n");
 		return ret;
@@ -660,11 +670,17 @@ static int i915_cmdbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 static int i915_flip_bufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			  struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	DRM_DEBUG("%s\n", __func__);
 
-	LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
+	RING_LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
 
-	return i915_dispatch_flip(dev);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	ret = i915_dispatch_flip(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int i915_getparam(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 87b071ab8647a4dab84a0e964fca94b11299fb8e..8547f0aeafc6b935d43c38cd917f6a057a2c1e29 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 		 */
 		struct delayed_work retire_work;
 
+		/** Work task for vblank-related ring access */
+		struct work_struct vblank_work;
+
 		uint32_t next_gem_seqno;
 
 		/**
@@ -435,6 +438,7 @@ extern int i915_irq_wait(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 void i915_user_irq_get(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_user_irq_put(struct drm_device *dev);
 
+extern void i915_gem_vblank_work_handler(struct work_struct *work);
 extern irqreturn_t i915_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS);
 extern void i915_driver_irq_preinstall(struct drm_device * dev);
 extern int i915_driver_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev);
@@ -538,6 +542,17 @@ extern void intel_opregion_free(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void opregion_asle_intr(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void opregion_enable_asle(struct drm_device *dev);
 
+/**
+ * Lock test for when it's just for synchronization of ring access.
+ *
+ * In that case, we don't need to do it when GEM is initialized as nobody else
+ * has access to the ring.
+ */
+#define RING_LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv) do {			\
+	if (((drm_i915_private_t *)dev->dev_private)->ring.ring_obj == NULL) \
+		LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);			\
+} while (0)
+
 #define I915_READ(reg)          DRM_READ32(dev_priv->mmio_map, (reg))
 #define I915_WRITE(reg,val)     DRM_WRITE32(dev_priv->mmio_map, (reg), (val))
 #define I915_READ16(reg)	DRM_READ16(dev_priv->mmio_map, (reg))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 90ae8a0369f7c39d7e97b592279c13d7bbf463a3..bb6e5a37efa2036baf0ebab40b0d69a889ad6dd3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2491,6 +2491,8 @@ i915_gem_load(struct drm_device *dev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->mm.request_list);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev_priv->mm.retire_work,
 			  i915_gem_retire_work_handler);
+	INIT_WORK(&dev_priv->mm.vblank_work,
+		  i915_gem_vblank_work_handler);
 	dev_priv->mm.next_gem_seqno = 1;
 
 	i915_gem_detect_bit_6_swizzle(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index f295bdf16e2de38898bda60ea36eb6ba5b5b9c9d..d04c526410a90bf5d186aadb90e5564a0f43cf08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -349,6 +349,21 @@ u32 i915_get_vblank_counter(struct drm_device *dev, int plane)
 	return count;
 }
 
+void
+i915_gem_vblank_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv;
+	struct drm_device *dev;
+
+	dev_priv = container_of(work, drm_i915_private_t,
+				mm.vblank_work);
+	dev = dev_priv->dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	i915_vblank_tasklet(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+}
+
 irqreturn_t i915_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = (struct drm_device *) arg;
@@ -422,8 +437,12 @@ irqreturn_t i915_driver_irq_handler(DRM_IRQ_ARGS)
 	if (iir & I915_ASLE_INTERRUPT)
 		opregion_asle_intr(dev);
 
-	if (vblank && dev_priv->swaps_pending > 0)
-		drm_locked_tasklet(dev, i915_vblank_tasklet);
+	if (vblank && dev_priv->swaps_pending > 0) {
+		if (dev_priv->ring.ring_obj == NULL)
+			drm_locked_tasklet(dev, i915_vblank_tasklet);
+		else
+			schedule_work(&dev_priv->mm.vblank_work);
+	}
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -514,14 +533,15 @@ int i915_irq_emit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	drm_i915_irq_emit_t *emit = data;
 	int result;
 
-	LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
+	RING_LOCK_TEST_WITH_RETURN(dev, file_priv);
 
 	if (!dev_priv) {
 		DRM_ERROR("called with no initialization\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	result = i915_emit_irq(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	if (DRM_COPY_TO_USER(emit->irq_seq, &result, sizeof(int))) {
 		DRM_ERROR("copy_to_user\n");