diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 037a650d6565..f4af19a0d569 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2193,8 +2193,17 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
 
-	/** GEM sequence number associated with this request. */
-	uint32_t seqno;
+	 /** GEM sequence number associated with the previous request,
+	  * when the HWS breadcrumb is equal to this the GPU is processing
+	  * this request.
+	  */
+	u32 previous_seqno;
+
+	 /** GEM sequence number associated with this request,
+	  * when the HWS breadcrumb is equal or greater than this the GPU
+	  * has finished processing this request.
+	  */
+	u32 seqno;
 
 	/** Position in the ringbuffer of the start of the request */
 	u32 head;
@@ -2911,15 +2920,17 @@ i915_seqno_passed(uint32_t seq1, uint32_t seq2)
 	return (int32_t)(seq1 - seq2) >= 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool i915_gem_request_started(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
+					   bool lazy_coherency)
+{
+	u32 seqno = req->ring->get_seqno(req->ring, lazy_coherency);
+	return i915_seqno_passed(seqno, req->previous_seqno);
+}
+
 static inline bool i915_gem_request_completed(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 					      bool lazy_coherency)
 {
-	u32 seqno;
-
-	BUG_ON(req == NULL);
-
-	seqno = req->ring->get_seqno(req->ring, lazy_coherency);
-
+	u32 seqno = req->ring->get_seqno(req->ring, lazy_coherency);
 	return i915_seqno_passed(seqno, req->seqno);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 8719fa2ae7e7..f56af0aaafde 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1193,9 +1193,13 @@ static int __i915_spin_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req, int state)
 	 * takes to sleep on a request, on the order of a microsecond.
 	 */
 
-	if (i915_gem_request_get_ring(req)->irq_refcount)
+	if (req->ring->irq_refcount)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	/* Only spin if we know the GPU is processing this request */
+	if (!i915_gem_request_started(req, true))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	timeout = local_clock_us(&cpu) + 5;
 	while (!need_resched()) {
 		if (i915_gem_request_completed(req, true))
@@ -1209,6 +1213,7 @@ static int __i915_spin_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req, int state)
 
 		cpu_relax_lowlatency();
 	}
+
 	if (i915_gem_request_completed(req, false))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2600,6 +2605,7 @@ void __i915_add_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
 	request->batch_obj = obj;
 
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
+	request->previous_seqno = ring->last_submitted_seqno;
 	ring->last_submitted_seqno = request->seqno;
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);