diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c
index 3a926a8755c6..1bbc690494c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ i915_gem_shrink(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	 */
 
 	trace_i915_gem_shrink(i915, target, shrink);
-	i915_retire_requests(i915);
 
 	/*
 	 * Unbinding of objects will require HW access; Let us not wake the
@@ -269,8 +268,6 @@ i915_gem_shrink(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	if (shrink & I915_SHRINK_BOUND)
 		intel_runtime_pm_put(&i915->runtime_pm, wakeref);
 
-	i915_retire_requests(i915);
-
 	shrinker_unlock(i915, unlock);
 
 	if (nr_scanned)
@@ -427,12 +424,6 @@ i915_gem_shrinker_vmap(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event, void *ptr
 	if (!shrinker_lock(i915, 0, &unlock))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	/* Force everything onto the inactive lists */
-	if (i915_gem_wait_for_idle(i915,
-				   I915_WAIT_LOCKED,
-				   MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT))
-		goto out;
-
 	with_intel_runtime_pm(&i915->runtime_pm, wakeref)
 		freed_pages += i915_gem_shrink(i915, -1UL, NULL,
 					       I915_SHRINK_BOUND |
@@ -455,7 +446,6 @@ i915_gem_shrinker_vmap(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event, void *ptr
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&i915->ggtt.vm.mutex);
 
-out:
 	shrinker_unlock(i915, unlock);
 
 	*(unsigned long *)ptr += freed_pages;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
index 167c4a57c4cd..53c81b5dfd69 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ create_test_object(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	u64 size;
 	int err;
 
+	/* Keep in GEM's good graces */
+	i915_retire_requests(ctx->i915);
+
 	size = min(vm->total / 2, 1024ull * DW_PER_PAGE * PAGE_SIZE);
 	size = round_down(size, DW_PER_PAGE * PAGE_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h
index 722506b7cec0..c03e56628ee2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct intel_gt {
 	struct i915_ggtt *ggtt;
 
 	struct intel_gt_timelines {
-		struct mutex mutex; /* protects list, tainted by GPU */
+		struct mutex mutex; /* protects list */
 		struct list_head active_list;
 
 		/* Pack multiple timelines' seqnos into the same page */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
index d6accef50f8e..44273b7c96f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ static void timelines_init(struct intel_gt *gt)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&timelines->hwsp_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&timelines->hwsp_free_list);
-
-	/* via i915_gem_wait_for_idle() */
-	i915_gem_shrinker_taints_mutex(gt->i915, &timelines->mutex);
 }
 
 void intel_timelines_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915)