diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 248fd1ac7b3a..716e5acc3bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2542,6 +2542,7 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	}
 
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
+	ring->last_submitted_seqno = request->seqno;
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);
 	request->file_priv = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index e6bb72dca3ff..984e2fe6688c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -2706,18 +2706,11 @@ static void gen8_disable_vblank(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
 }
 
-static struct drm_i915_gem_request *
-ring_last_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
-{
-	return list_entry(ring->request_list.prev,
-			  struct drm_i915_gem_request, list);
-}
-
 static bool
-ring_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
+ring_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, u32 seqno)
 {
 	return (list_empty(&ring->request_list) ||
-		i915_gem_request_completed(ring_last_request(ring), false));
+		i915_seqno_passed(seqno, ring->last_submitted_seqno));
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -2939,7 +2932,7 @@ static void i915_hangcheck_elapsed(struct work_struct *work)
 		acthd = intel_ring_get_active_head(ring);
 
 		if (ring->hangcheck.seqno == seqno) {
-			if (ring_idle(ring)) {
+			if (ring_idle(ring, seqno)) {
 				ring->hangcheck.action = HANGCHECK_IDLE;
 
 				if (waitqueue_active(&ring->irq_queue)) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index e539314ae87e..4be66f60504d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -275,6 +275,13 @@ struct  intel_engine_cs {
 	 * Do we have some not yet emitted requests outstanding?
 	 */
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *outstanding_lazy_request;
+	/**
+	 * Seqno of request most recently submitted to request_list.
+	 * Used exclusively by hang checker to avoid grabbing lock while
+	 * inspecting request list.
+	 */
+	u32 last_submitted_seqno;
+
 	bool gpu_caches_dirty;
 
 	wait_queue_head_t irq_queue;