diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
index af51810dc78c7b54c094bd103773f52e093327fc..68b06a7ba667da3dfd74421aff77f5935eaf0f80 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (!inflight)
 		goto unlock;
 
+	engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
+
 	/*
 	 * If we are already the currently executing context, don't
 	 * bother evaluating if we should preempt ourselves.
@@ -216,7 +218,6 @@ static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (inflight->context == rq->context)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
 	if (need_preempt(prio, rq_prio(inflight)))
 		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);