diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 44aae25d12c7acd0eefa7634316f94c2305aad20..84ab77c02d3e5555efe6f8725e5796461d66691b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -4259,8 +4259,7 @@ fault_irq_set(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	/* Flush idle worker to disarm irq */
-	while (flush_delayed_work(&i915->gt.idle_work))
-		;
+	drain_delayed_work(&i915->gt.idle_work);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ab8c6946fea47f0668dddb35cf974b2e92d8c82b..c48700f7bc6ec8d49f49e5b7f64d467219d8d8f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4547,8 +4547,7 @@ int i915_gem_suspend(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	/* As the idle_work is rearming if it detects a race, play safe and
 	 * repeat the flush until it is definitely idle.
 	 */
-	while (flush_delayed_work(&dev_priv->gt.idle_work))
-		;
+	drain_delayed_work(&dev_priv->gt.idle_work);
 
 	/* Assert that we sucessfully flushed all the work and
 	 * reset the GPU back to its idle, low power state.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
index c242327d521715c7f8e6c5c093680ba5c2386cad..af3d7cc53fa13783a8b914e7deaf22ed25cd50d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
@@ -124,4 +124,17 @@ static inline void __list_del_many(struct list_head *head,
 	WRITE_ONCE(head->next, first);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wait until the work is finally complete, even if it tries to postpone
+ * by requeueing itself. Note, that if the worker never cancels itself,
+ * we will spin forever.
+ */
+static inline void drain_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dw)
+{
+	do {
+		while (flush_delayed_work(dw))
+			;
+	} while (delayed_work_pending(dw));
+}
+
 #endif /* !__I915_UTILS_H */