diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 42a4b85b0eae3dd8d61d22dc65db6e9ae5a5c7ca..55cdb4d30a16fe25cea64bf6f10f6994a20e5a81 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -262,6 +262,25 @@ gen6_render_ring_flush(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+gen7_render_ring_cs_stall_wa(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 4);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	intel_ring_emit(ring, GFX_OP_PIPE_CONTROL(4));
+	intel_ring_emit(ring, PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL |
+			      PIPE_CONTROL_STALL_AT_SCOREBOARD);
+	intel_ring_emit(ring, 0);
+	intel_ring_emit(ring, 0);
+	intel_ring_advance(ring);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 gen7_render_ring_flush(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		       u32 invalidate_domains, u32 flush_domains)
@@ -271,6 +290,16 @@ gen7_render_ring_flush(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	u32 scratch_addr = pc->gtt_offset + 128;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that any following seqno writes only happen when the render
+	 * cache is indeed flushed.
+	 *
+	 * Workaround: 4th PIPE_CONTROL command (except the ones with only
+	 * read-cache invalidate bits set) must have the CS_STALL bit set. We
+	 * don't try to be clever and just set it unconditionally.
+	 */
+	flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL;
+
 	/* Just flush everything.  Experiments have shown that reducing the
 	 * number of bits based on the write domains has little performance
 	 * impact.
@@ -278,11 +307,6 @@ gen7_render_ring_flush(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	if (flush_domains) {
 		flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_RENDER_TARGET_CACHE_FLUSH;
 		flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_DEPTH_CACHE_FLUSH;
-		/*
-		 * Ensure that any following seqno writes only happen
-		 * when the render cache is indeed flushed.
-		 */
-		flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL;
 	}
 	if (invalidate_domains) {
 		flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_TLB_INVALIDATE;
@@ -295,6 +319,11 @@ gen7_render_ring_flush(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		 * TLB invalidate requires a post-sync write.
 		 */
 		flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_QW_WRITE;
+
+		/* Workaround: we must issue a pipe_control with CS-stall bit
+		 * set before a pipe_control command that has the state cache
+		 * invalidate bit set. */
+		gen7_render_ring_cs_stall_wa(ring);
 	}
 
 	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 4);