diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
index f5b0f27cecb6..06d785533502 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
@@ -106,24 +106,6 @@ hangcheck_action_to_str(const enum intel_engine_hangcheck_action a)
 
 void intel_engines_set_scheduler_caps(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 
-static inline bool __execlists_need_preempt(int prio, int last)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Allow preemption of low -> normal -> high, but we do
-	 * not allow low priority tasks to preempt other low priority
-	 * tasks under the impression that latency for low priority
-	 * tasks does not matter (as much as background throughput),
-	 * so kiss.
-	 *
-	 * More naturally we would write
-	 *	prio >= max(0, last);
-	 * except that we wish to prevent triggering preemption at the same
-	 * priority level: the task that is running should remain running
-	 * to preserve FIFO ordering of dependencies.
-	 */
-	return prio > max(I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 1, last);
-}
-
 static inline void
 execlists_set_active(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists,
 		     unsigned int bit)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 5580b6f1aa0c..636df21983dd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ static inline bool need_preempt(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	 * ourselves, ignore the request.
 	 */
 	last_prio = effective_prio(rq);
-	if (!__execlists_need_preempt(engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint,
-				      last_prio))
+	if (!i915_scheduler_need_preempt(engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint,
+					 last_prio))
 		return false;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 84538f69185b..4b042893dc0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -638,14 +638,19 @@ static struct i915_request *dummy_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_completed(rq));
 
 	i915_sw_fence_init(&rq->submit, dummy_notify);
-	i915_sw_fence_commit(&rq->submit);
+	set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_ACTIVE, &rq->fence.flags);
 
 	return rq;
 }
 
 static void dummy_request_free(struct i915_request *dummy)
 {
+	/* We have to fake the CS interrupt to kick the next request */
+	i915_sw_fence_commit(&dummy->submit);
+
 	i915_request_mark_complete(dummy);
+	dma_fence_signal(&dummy->fence);
+
 	i915_sched_node_fini(&dummy->sched);
 	i915_sw_fence_fini(&dummy->submit);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index e0be00c07c24..fa955b7b6def 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -1415,9 +1415,7 @@ long i915_request_wait(struct i915_request *rq,
 	if (flags & I915_WAIT_PRIORITY) {
 		if (!i915_request_started(rq) && INTEL_GEN(rq->i915) >= 6)
 			gen6_rps_boost(rq);
-		local_bh_disable(); /* suspend tasklets for reprioritisation */
 		i915_schedule_bump_priority(rq, I915_PRIORITY_WAIT);
-		local_bh_enable(); /* kick tasklets en masse */
 	}
 
 	wait.tsk = current;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
index 39bc4f54e272..ec22c3fe7360 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
@@ -261,16 +261,27 @@ sched_lock_engine(const struct i915_sched_node *node,
 	return engine;
 }
 
-static bool inflight(const struct i915_request *rq,
-		     const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static inline int rq_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	const struct i915_request *active;
+	return rq->sched.attr.priority | __NO_PREEMPTION;
+}
 
-	if (!i915_request_is_active(rq))
-		return false;
+static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
+{
+	const struct i915_request *inflight =
+		port_request(engine->execlists.port);
 
-	active = port_request(engine->execlists.port);
-	return active->hw_context == rq->hw_context;
+	/*
+	 * If we are already the currently executing context, don't
+	 * bother evaluating if we should preempt ourselves, or if
+	 * we expect nothing to change as a result of running the
+	 * tasklet, i.e. we have not change the priority queue
+	 * sufficiently to oust the running context.
+	 */
+	if (inflight && !i915_scheduler_need_preempt(prio, rq_prio(inflight)))
+		return;
+
+	tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
 }
 
 static void __i915_schedule(struct i915_request *rq,
@@ -396,15 +407,8 @@ static void __i915_schedule(struct i915_request *rq,
 
 		engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
 
-		/*
-		 * If we are already the currently executing context, don't
-		 * bother evaluating if we should preempt ourselves.
-		 */
-		if (inflight(node_to_request(node), engine))
-			continue;
-
 		/* Defer (tasklet) submission until after all of our updates. */
-		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+		kick_submission(engine, prio);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&engine->timeline.lock);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
index 07d243acf553..7eefccff39bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
@@ -52,4 +52,22 @@ static inline void i915_priolist_free(struct i915_priolist *p)
 		__i915_priolist_free(p);
 }
 
+static inline bool i915_scheduler_need_preempt(int prio, int active)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Allow preemption of low -> normal -> high, but we do
+	 * not allow low priority tasks to preempt other low priority
+	 * tasks under the impression that latency for low priority
+	 * tasks does not matter (as much as background throughput),
+	 * so kiss.
+	 *
+	 * More naturally we would write
+	 *	prio >= max(0, last);
+	 * except that we wish to prevent triggering preemption at the same
+	 * priority level: the task that is running should remain running
+	 * to preserve FIFO ordering of dependencies.
+	 */
+	return prio > max(I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 1, active);
+}
+
 #endif /* _I915_SCHEDULER_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
index 57ed1dd4ae41..380d83a2bfb6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -747,7 +747,8 @@ static bool __guc_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				&engine->i915->guc.preempt_work[engine->id];
 			int prio = execlists->queue_priority_hint;
 
-			if (__execlists_need_preempt(prio, port_prio(port))) {
+			if (i915_scheduler_need_preempt(prio,
+							port_prio(port))) {
 				execlists_set_active(execlists,
 						     EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_PREEMPT);
 				queue_work(engine->i915->guc.preempt_wq,