diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index d0f6b9f826363545e3e4549723c9cf51c37e39a1..952d2aec5244329d1e88c48a0c2762e829bce9c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -306,25 +306,16 @@ static u32 timeline_get_seqno(struct i915_gem_timeline *tl)
 	return atomic_inc_return(&tl->next_seqno);
 }
 
-static int __i915_sw_fence_call
-submit_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
+void __i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request =
-		container_of(fence, typeof(*request), submit);
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
 	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 seqno;
 
-	if (state != FENCE_COMPLETE)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
 	/* Transfer from per-context onto the global per-engine timeline */
 	timeline = engine->timeline;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline == request->timeline);
-
-	/* Will be called from irq-context when using foreign DMA fences */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&timeline->lock, flags);
+	assert_spin_locked(&timeline->lock);
 
 	seqno = timeline_get_seqno(timeline->common);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!seqno);
@@ -344,15 +335,36 @@ submit_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!request->global_seqno);
 	engine->emit_breadcrumb(request,
 				request->ring->vaddr + request->postfix);
-	engine->submit_request(request);
 
 	spin_lock(&request->timeline->lock);
 	list_move_tail(&request->link, &timeline->requests);
 	spin_unlock(&request->timeline->lock);
 
 	i915_sw_fence_commit(&request->execute);
+}
+
+void i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timeline->lock, flags);
+	/* Will be called from irq-context when using foreign fences. */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
+
+	__i915_gem_request_submit(request);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
+}
+
+static int __i915_sw_fence_call
+submit_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
+{
+	if (state == FENCE_COMPLETE) {
+		struct drm_i915_gem_request *request =
+			container_of(fence, typeof(*request), submit);
+
+		request->engine->submit_request(request);
+	}
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
index 4976039189ea4e5afbf8e696fecd8b346b476bfe..4d2784633d9f52a933555539cbeac3c640b26ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.h
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ void __i915_add_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req, bool flush_caches);
 #define i915_add_request_no_flush(req) \
 	__i915_add_request(req, false)
 
+void __i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request);
+void i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request);
+
 struct intel_rps_client;
 #define NO_WAITBOOST ERR_PTR(-1)
 #define IS_RPS_CLIENT(p) (!IS_ERR(p))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index 666dab7a675aaac9798059dfe07422809132d347..942f5000d3726bd03dd3bf96a5cd07b5b1ef7e5b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -629,11 +629,23 @@ static int guc_ring_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client *gc)
 static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = rq->i915;
-	unsigned int engine_id = rq->engine->id;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
+	unsigned int engine_id = engine->id;
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &rq->i915->guc;
 	struct i915_guc_client *client = guc->execbuf_client;
 	int b_ret;
 
+	/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the following
+	 * request. This ensures that any the context object is still pinned
+	 * for any residual writes the HW makes into it on the context switch
+	 * into the next object following the breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may
+	 * retire the context too early.
+	 */
+	rq->previous_context = engine->last_context;
+	engine->last_context = rq->ctx;
+
+	i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
+
 	spin_lock(&client->wq_lock);
 	guc_wq_item_append(client, rq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index dde04b7643b19918ef104308aa05e4700bce5e5c..dca41834dec1054bce436efa9add8f88f0209bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *cursor, *last;
 	struct execlist_port *port = engine->execlist_port;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	bool submit = false;
 
 	last = port->request;
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 * and context switches) submission.
 	 */
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
 	spin_lock(&engine->execlist_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(cursor, &engine->execlist_queue, execlist_link) {
 		/* Can we combine this request with the current port? It has to
@@ -501,6 +503,17 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			i915_gem_request_assign(&port->request, last);
 			port++;
 		}
+
+		/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the
+		 * following request. This ensures that any the context object
+		 * is still pinned for any residual writes the HW makes into it
+		 * on the context switch into the next object following the
+		 * breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may retire the context too early.
+		 */
+		cursor->previous_context = engine->last_context;
+		engine->last_context = cursor->ctx;
+
+		__i915_gem_request_submit(cursor);
 		last = cursor;
 		submit = true;
 	}
@@ -512,6 +525,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		i915_gem_request_assign(&port->request, last);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&engine->execlist_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
 
 	if (submit)
 		execlists_submit_ports(engine);
@@ -621,15 +635,6 @@ static void execlists_submit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->execlist_lock, flags);
 
-	/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the following
-	 * request. This ensures that any the context object is still pinned
-	 * for any residual writes the HW makes into it on the context switch
-	 * into the next object following the breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may
-	 * retire the context too early.
-	 */
-	request->previous_context = engine->last_context;
-	engine->last_context = request->ctx;
-
 	list_add_tail(&request->execlist_link, &engine->execlist_queue);
 	if (execlists_elsp_idle(engine))
 		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->irq_tasklet);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 700e93d80616ab53809364625f7fb5ffa234daa0..aeb637dc1fdf490caeb87f7f1938357916082ab8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1294,6 +1294,8 @@ static void i9xx_submit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = request->i915;
 
+	i915_gem_request_submit(request);
+
 	I915_WRITE_TAIL(request->engine, request->tail);
 }