diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 8e3eb5e282a106b4942886114633260f3a2d1d5f..0e4c073fae492d7205b565758601e10dbd8fa14a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	/** GEM sequence number associated with this request. */
 	uint32_t seqno;
 
+	/** Postion in the ringbuffer of the end of the request */
+	u32 tail;
+
 	/** Time at which this request was emitted, in jiffies. */
 	unsigned long emitted_jiffies;
 
@@ -1213,6 +1216,8 @@ i915_gem_object_unpin_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 }
 
 void i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_device *dev);
+void i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
+
 void i915_gem_reset(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 int __must_check i915_gem_object_set_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 2031cc7eaa3a6e4e0f6f6719ffc8045dab8ef615..19a06c280b12407bd25bd520272a9ca81ee7c007 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1605,12 +1605,20 @@ i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	uint32_t seqno;
+	u32 request_ring_position;
 	int was_empty;
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(request == NULL);
 	seqno = i915_gem_next_request_seqno(ring);
 
+	/* Record the position of the start of the request so that
+	 * should we detect the updated seqno part-way through the
+	 * GPU processing the request, we never over-estimate the
+	 * position of the head.
+	 */
+	request_ring_position = intel_ring_get_tail(ring);
+
 	ret = ring->add_request(ring, &seqno);
 	if (ret)
 	    return ret;
@@ -1619,6 +1627,7 @@ i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 
 	request->seqno = seqno;
 	request->ring = ring;
+	request->tail = request_ring_position;
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
 	was_empty = list_empty(&ring->request_list);
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);
@@ -1755,7 +1764,7 @@ void i915_gem_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 /**
  * This function clears the request list as sequence numbers are passed.
  */
-static void
+void
 i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 {
 	uint32_t seqno;
@@ -1783,6 +1792,12 @@ i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 			break;
 
 		trace_i915_gem_request_retire(ring, request->seqno);
+		/* We know the GPU must have read the request to have
+		 * sent us the seqno + interrupt, so use the position
+		 * of tail of the request to update the last known position
+		 * of the GPU head.
+		 */
+		ring->last_retired_head = request->tail;
 
 		list_del(&request->list);
 		i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(request);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index e784ebb8cc27285c4f9315e16f9acde4eedbfbfb..ca3972f2c6f5723b4e957a248e6cf6f4b99850fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ pc_render_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	PIPE_CONTROL_FLUSH(ring, scratch_addr);
 	scratch_addr += 128;
 	PIPE_CONTROL_FLUSH(ring, scratch_addr);
+
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, GFX_OP_PIPE_CONTROL(4) | PIPE_CONTROL_QW_WRITE |
 			PIPE_CONTROL_WRITE_FLUSH |
 			PIPE_CONTROL_TEXTURE_CACHE_INVALIDATE |
@@ -1107,11 +1108,89 @@ static int intel_wrap_ring_buffer(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int intel_ring_wait_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 seqno)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
+	bool was_interruptible;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* XXX As we have not yet audited all the paths to check that
+	 * they are ready for ERESTARTSYS from intel_ring_begin, do not
+	 * allow us to be interruptible by a signal.
+	 */
+	was_interruptible = dev_priv->mm.interruptible;
+	dev_priv->mm.interruptible = false;
+
+	ret = i915_wait_request(ring, seqno, true);
+
+	dev_priv->mm.interruptible = was_interruptible;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int intel_ring_wait_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
+	u32 seqno = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(ring);
+
+	if (ring->last_retired_head != -1) {
+		ring->head = ring->last_retired_head;
+		ring->last_retired_head = -1;
+		ring->space = ring_space(ring);
+		if (ring->space >= n)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(request, &ring->request_list, list) {
+		int space;
+
+		if (request->tail == -1)
+			continue;
+
+		space = request->tail - (ring->tail + 8);
+		if (space < 0)
+			space += ring->size;
+		if (space >= n) {
+			seqno = request->seqno;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Consume this request in case we need more space than
+		 * is available and so need to prevent a race between
+		 * updating last_retired_head and direct reads of
+		 * I915_RING_HEAD. It also provides a nice sanity check.
+		 */
+		request->tail = -1;
+	}
+
+	if (seqno == 0)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	ret = intel_ring_wait_seqno(ring, seqno);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(ring->last_retired_head == -1))
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	ring->head = ring->last_retired_head;
+	ring->last_retired_head = -1;
+	ring->space = ring_space(ring);
+	if (WARN_ON(ring->space < n))
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int intel_wait_ring_buffer(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	unsigned long end;
+	int ret;
 	u32 head;
 
 	/* If the reported head position has wrapped or hasn't advanced,
@@ -1125,6 +1204,10 @@ int intel_wait_ring_buffer(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
+	ret = intel_ring_wait_request(ring, n);
+	if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+		return ret;
+
 	trace_i915_ring_wait_begin(ring);
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_GEM))
 		/* With GEM the hangcheck timer should kick us out of the loop,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index c8b9cc0cd0dc438eb248ee6421250b1313fa9d14..bc0365b8fa4d26983899f221d1f0e96ae593f7a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ struct  intel_ring_buffer {
 	int		effective_size;
 	struct intel_hw_status_page status_page;
 
+	/** We track the position of the requests in the ring buffer, and
+	 * when each is retired we increment last_retired_head as the GPU
+	 * must have finished processing the request and so we know we
+	 * can advance the ringbuffer up to that position.
+	 *
+	 * last_retired_head is set to -1 after the value is consumed so
+	 * we can detect new retirements.
+	 */
+	u32		last_retired_head;
+
 	spinlock_t	irq_lock;
 	u32		irq_refcount;
 	u32		irq_mask;
@@ -193,6 +203,11 @@ int intel_init_blt_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 u32 intel_ring_get_active_head(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 void intel_ring_setup_status_page(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 
+static inline u32 intel_ring_get_tail(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
+{
+	return ring->tail;
+}
+
 static inline void i915_trace_irq_get(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 seqno)
 {
 	if (ring->trace_irq_seqno == 0 && ring->irq_get(ring))