diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 3214a4ecc31a..012afb9e0324 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1896,6 +1896,15 @@ static void defer_active(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	defer_request(rq, i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, rq_prio(rq)));
 }
 
+static inline int never_timeslice(int prio)
+{
+	/* Don't allow timeslicing of the 'unpreemptible' requests */
+	if (prio == I915_PRIORITY_UNPREEMPTABLE)
+		prio--;
+
+	return prio;
+}
+
 static bool
 need_timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	       const struct i915_request *rq,
@@ -1927,6 +1936,7 @@ need_timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 
 	if (!list_is_last(&rq->sched.link, &engine->active.requests))
 		hint = max(hint, rq_prio(list_next_entry(rq, sched.link)));
+	hint = never_timeslice(hint);
 
 	return hint >= effective_prio(rq);
 }
@@ -2007,6 +2017,7 @@ static void start_timeslice(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
 	if (!intel_engine_has_timeslices(engine))
 		return;
 
+	prio = never_timeslice(prio);
 	WRITE_ONCE(execlists->switch_priority_hint, prio);
 	if (prio == INT_MIN)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 66f710b1b61e..0c32afbdb644 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,121 @@ static int live_timeslice_queue(void *arg)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int live_timeslice_nopreempt(void *arg)
+{
+	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
+	enum intel_engine_id id;
+	struct igt_spinner spin;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We should not timeslice into a request that is marked with
+	 * I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT.
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ACTIVE(CONFIG_DRM_I915_TIMESLICE_DURATION))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (igt_spinner_init(&spin, gt))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
+		struct intel_context *ce;
+		struct i915_request *rq;
+		unsigned long timeslice;
+
+		if (!intel_engine_has_preemption(engine))
+			continue;
+
+		ce = intel_context_create(engine);
+		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(ce);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		engine_heartbeat_disable(engine);
+		timeslice = xchg(&engine->props.timeslice_duration_ms, 1);
+
+		/* Create an unpreemptible spinner */
+
+		rq = igt_spinner_create_request(&spin, ce, MI_ARB_CHECK);
+		intel_context_put(ce);
+		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			goto out_heartbeat;
+		}
+
+		i915_request_get(rq);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
+
+		if (!igt_wait_for_spinner(&spin, rq)) {
+			i915_request_put(rq);
+			err = -ETIME;
+			goto out_spin;
+		}
+
+		set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT, &rq->fence.flags);
+		i915_request_put(rq);
+
+		/* Followed by a maximum priority barrier (heartbeat) */
+
+		ce = intel_context_create(engine);
+		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			goto out_spin;
+		}
+
+		rq = intel_context_create_request(ce);
+		intel_context_put(ce);
+		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			goto out_spin;
+		}
+
+		rq->sched.attr.priority = I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER;
+		i915_request_get(rq);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
+
+		/*
+		 * Wait until the barrier is in ELSP, and we know timeslicing
+		 * will have been activated.
+		 */
+		if (wait_for_submit(engine, rq, HZ / 2)) {
+			i915_request_put(rq);
+			err = -ETIME;
+			goto out_spin;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Since the ELSP[0] request is unpreemptible, it should not
+		 * allow the maximum priority barrier through. Wait long
+		 * enough to see if it is timesliced in by mistake.
+		 */
+		if (i915_request_wait(rq, 0, timeslice_threshold(engine)) >= 0) {
+			pr_err("%s: I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER request completed, bypassing no-preempt request\n",
+			       engine->name);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+		}
+		i915_request_put(rq);
+
+out_spin:
+		igt_spinner_end(&spin);
+out_heartbeat:
+		xchg(&engine->props.timeslice_duration_ms, timeslice);
+		engine_heartbeat_enable(engine);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+
+		if (igt_flush_test(gt->i915)) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	igt_spinner_fini(&spin);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int live_busywait_preempt(void *arg)
 {
 	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
@@ -4475,6 +4590,7 @@ int intel_execlists_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		SUBTEST(live_timeslice_preempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_timeslice_rewind),
 		SUBTEST(live_timeslice_queue),
+		SUBTEST(live_timeslice_nopreempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_busywait_preempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_preempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_late_preempt),
