diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index eb4a95b853ddfda5f668d06162027f72f9ca30b0..e2abbcc27f2c87147845dae0a18968af85438754 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2352,6 +2352,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	/** Execlists no. of times this request has been sent to the ELSP */
 	int elsp_submitted;
 
+	/** Execlists context hardware id. */
+	unsigned ctx_hw_id;
 };
 
 struct drm_i915_gem_request * __must_check
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index b7a3e7e639378b2e4c8f2ee6b66f975ff190fd24..dc25cfe7bfc06d74f02a9a21e4a85807ba40868e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ execlists_check_remove_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 request_id)
 	if (!head_req)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(head_req->ctx->hw_id != request_id))
+	if (unlikely(head_req->ctx_hw_id != request_id))
 		return 0;
 
 	WARN(head_req->elsp_submitted == 0, "Never submitted head request\n");
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ static void execlists_context_queue(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&request->execlist_link, &engine->execlist_queue);
+	request->ctx_hw_id = request->ctx->hw_id;
 	if (num_elements == 0)
 		execlists_context_unqueue(engine);