diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 2f627fcb093e..5e08ea5aa6d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1954,15 +1954,18 @@ static int gen8_emit_request_render(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = request->ringbuf;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(request, 6 + WA_TAIL_DWORDS);
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(request, 8 + WA_TAIL_DWORDS);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* We're using qword write, seqno should be aligned to 8 bytes. */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(I915_GEM_HWS_INDEX & 1);
+
 	/* w/a for post sync ops following a GPGPU operation we
 	 * need a prior CS_STALL, which is emitted by the flush
 	 * following the batch.
 	 */
-	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, GFX_OP_PIPE_CONTROL(5));
+	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, GFX_OP_PIPE_CONTROL(6));
 	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf,
 				(PIPE_CONTROL_GLOBAL_GTT_IVB |
 				 PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL |
@@ -1970,7 +1973,10 @@ static int gen8_emit_request_render(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, hws_seqno_address(request->engine));
 	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, 0);
 	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, i915_gem_request_get_seqno(request));
+	/* We're thrashing one dword of HWS. */
+	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, 0);
 	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, MI_USER_INTERRUPT);
+	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, MI_NOOP);
 	return intel_logical_ring_advance_and_submit(request);
 }