diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 8c92fcd6f805dfc99c2e5ac7fe098b0888468865..8c3d801696b79e1e415a3fd6415f4e027e3a1337 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3571,9 +3571,7 @@ int i915_gem_wait_for_idle(struct drm_i915_private *i915, unsigned int flags)
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 		}
-
 		i915_gem_retire_requests(i915);
-		GEM_BUG_ON(i915->gt.active_requests);
 
 		ret = wait_for_engines(i915);
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index aad353195f1704ae532a5695ba908e369eba7d31..510e0bc3a377fbaf892ef5b3bb5bf8f36de146a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1513,10 +1513,8 @@ bool intel_engines_are_idle(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 	enum intel_engine_id id;
 
-	if (READ_ONCE(dev_priv->gt.active_requests))
-		return false;
-
-	/* If the driver is wedged, HW state may be very inconsistent and
+	/*
+	 * If the driver is wedged, HW state may be very inconsistent and
 	 * report that it is still busy, even though we have stopped using it.
 	 */
 	if (i915_terminally_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error))