diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 502a01bef1ed65c67df6f66112bcfc16e3b052c1..95dfa2dd35b921756ec5643372534098da516d80 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1787,6 +1787,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 		void (*stop_ring)(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
 	} gt;
 
+	uint32_t request_uniq;
+
 	/*
 	 * NOTE: This is the dri1/ums dungeon, don't add stuff here. Your patch
 	 * will be rejected. Instead look for a better place.
@@ -2019,6 +2021,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
 	/** file_priv list entry for this request */
 	struct list_head client_list;
+
+	uint32_t uniq;
 };
 
 void i915_gem_request_free(struct kref *req_ref);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 782e97638ed8bb640048d2818c6ed5fb3441ca18..a82020ea9d0a9856cbeaf3b10397a8e83a7fa929 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ static int logical_ring_alloc_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 				      struct intel_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_private = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request)
@@ -899,6 +900,7 @@ static int logical_ring_alloc_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	kref_init(&request->ref);
 	request->ring = ring;
+	request->uniq = dev_private->request_uniq++;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &request->seqno);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 8828219139374ae8f4273388f8b3ea1d239df613..3887f1aaf057ff813378593293eb0596e923e82c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2028,6 +2028,7 @@ intel_ring_alloc_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_private = ring->dev->dev_private;
 
 	if (ring->outstanding_lazy_request)
 		return 0;
@@ -2038,6 +2039,7 @@ intel_ring_alloc_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 
 	kref_init(&request->ref);
 	request->ring = ring;
+	request->uniq = dev_private->request_uniq++;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &request->seqno);
 	if (ret) {