diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index 52db2bde44a3..4e7924640ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static struct i915_global_context {
 
 static struct intel_context *intel_context_alloc(void)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_zalloc(global.slab_ce, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(global.slab_ce, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 void intel_context_free(struct intel_context *ce)
@@ -30,6 +30,177 @@ void intel_context_free(struct intel_context *ce)
 	kmem_cache_free(global.slab_ce, ce);
 }
 
+static int __context_pin_state(struct i915_vma *vma)
+{
+	unsigned int bias = i915_ggtt_pin_bias(vma) | PIN_OFFSET_BIAS;
+	int err;
+
+	err = i915_ggtt_pin(vma, 0, bias | PIN_HIGH);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = i915_active_acquire(&vma->active);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_unpin;
+
+	/*
+	 * And mark it as a globally pinned object to let the shrinker know
+	 * it cannot reclaim the object until we release it.
+	 */
+	i915_vma_make_unshrinkable(vma);
+	vma->obj->mm.dirty = true;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_unpin:
+	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void __context_unpin_state(struct i915_vma *vma)
+{
+	i915_vma_make_shrinkable(vma);
+	i915_active_release(&vma->active);
+	__i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+}
+
+static int __ring_active(struct intel_ring *ring)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = intel_ring_pin(ring);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = i915_active_acquire(&ring->vma->active);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_pin;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_pin:
+	intel_ring_unpin(ring);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void __ring_retire(struct intel_ring *ring)
+{
+	i915_active_release(&ring->vma->active);
+	intel_ring_unpin(ring);
+}
+
+__i915_active_call
+static void __intel_context_retire(struct i915_active *active)
+{
+	struct intel_context *ce = container_of(active, typeof(*ce), active);
+
+	CE_TRACE(ce, "retire runtime: { total:%lluns, avg:%lluns }\n",
+		 intel_context_get_total_runtime_ns(ce),
+		 intel_context_get_avg_runtime_ns(ce));
+
+	set_bit(CONTEXT_VALID_BIT, &ce->flags);
+	if (ce->state)
+		__context_unpin_state(ce->state);
+
+	intel_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
+	__ring_retire(ce->ring);
+
+	intel_context_put(ce);
+}
+
+static int __intel_context_active(struct i915_active *active)
+{
+	struct intel_context *ce = container_of(active, typeof(*ce), active);
+	int err;
+
+	CE_TRACE(ce, "active\n");
+
+	intel_context_get(ce);
+
+	err = __ring_active(ce->ring);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_put;
+
+	err = intel_timeline_pin(ce->timeline);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_ring;
+
+	if (!ce->state)
+		return 0;
+
+	err = __context_pin_state(ce->state);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_timeline;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_timeline:
+	intel_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
+err_ring:
+	__ring_retire(ce->ring);
+err_put:
+	intel_context_put(ce);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void __intel_context_ctor(void *arg)
+{
+	struct intel_context *ce = arg;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->signal_link);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->signals);
+
+	atomic_set(&ce->pin_count, 0);
+	mutex_init(&ce->pin_mutex);
+
+	ce->active_count = 0;
+	i915_active_init(&ce->active,
+			 __intel_context_active, __intel_context_retire);
+
+	ce->inflight = NULL;
+	ce->lrc_reg_state = NULL;
+	ce->lrc.desc = 0;
+}
+
+static void
+__intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->cops);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->gt->vm);
+
+	kref_init(&ce->ref);
+	i915_active_reinit(&ce->active);
+	mutex_reinit(&ce->pin_mutex);
+
+	ce->engine = engine;
+	ce->ops = engine->cops;
+	ce->sseu = engine->sseu;
+
+	ce->wa_bb_page = 0;
+	ce->flags = 0;
+	ce->tag = 0;
+
+	memset(&ce->runtime, 0, sizeof(ce->runtime));
+
+	ce->vm = i915_vm_get(engine->gt->vm);
+	ce->gem_context = NULL;
+
+	ce->ring = __intel_context_ring_size(SZ_4K);
+	ce->timeline = NULL;
+	ce->state = NULL;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&ce->pin_count));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ce->active_count);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ce->inflight);
+}
+
+void
+intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	__intel_context_ctor(ce);
+	__intel_context_init(ce, engine);
+}
+
 struct intel_context *
 intel_context_create(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
@@ -39,7 +210,7 @@ intel_context_create(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	if (!ce)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	intel_context_init(ce, engine);
+	__intel_context_init(ce, engine);
 	return ce;
 }
 
@@ -158,154 +329,13 @@ void intel_context_unpin(struct intel_context *ce)
 	/*
 	 * Once released, we may asynchronously drop the active reference.
 	 * As that may be the only reference keeping the context alive,
-	 * take an extra now so that it is not freed before we finish
+	 * hold onto RCU so that it is not freed before we finish
 	 * dereferencing it.
 	 */
-	intel_context_get(ce);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	intel_context_active_release(ce);
-	intel_context_put(ce);
-}
-
-static int __context_pin_state(struct i915_vma *vma)
-{
-	unsigned int bias = i915_ggtt_pin_bias(vma) | PIN_OFFSET_BIAS;
-	int err;
-
-	err = i915_ggtt_pin(vma, 0, bias | PIN_HIGH);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	err = i915_active_acquire(&vma->active);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_unpin;
-
-	/*
-	 * And mark it as a globally pinned object to let the shrinker know
-	 * it cannot reclaim the object until we release it.
-	 */
-	i915_vma_make_unshrinkable(vma);
-	vma->obj->mm.dirty = true;
-
-	return 0;
-
-err_unpin:
-	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
-	return err;
-}
-
-static void __context_unpin_state(struct i915_vma *vma)
-{
-	i915_vma_make_shrinkable(vma);
-	i915_active_release(&vma->active);
-	__i915_vma_unpin(vma);
-}
-
-static int __ring_active(struct intel_ring *ring)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	err = intel_ring_pin(ring);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	err = i915_active_acquire(&ring->vma->active);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_pin;
-
-	return 0;
-
-err_pin:
-	intel_ring_unpin(ring);
-	return err;
-}
-
-static void __ring_retire(struct intel_ring *ring)
-{
-	i915_active_release(&ring->vma->active);
-	intel_ring_unpin(ring);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
-
-__i915_active_call
-static void __intel_context_retire(struct i915_active *active)
-{
-	struct intel_context *ce = container_of(active, typeof(*ce), active);
-
-	CE_TRACE(ce, "retire runtime: { total:%lluns, avg:%lluns }\n",
-		 intel_context_get_total_runtime_ns(ce),
-		 intel_context_get_avg_runtime_ns(ce));
-
-	set_bit(CONTEXT_VALID_BIT, &ce->flags);
-	if (ce->state)
-		__context_unpin_state(ce->state);
-
-	intel_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
-	__ring_retire(ce->ring);
-
-	intel_context_put(ce);
-}
-
-static int __intel_context_active(struct i915_active *active)
-{
-	struct intel_context *ce = container_of(active, typeof(*ce), active);
-	int err;
-
-	CE_TRACE(ce, "active\n");
-
-	intel_context_get(ce);
-
-	err = __ring_active(ce->ring);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_put;
-
-	err = intel_timeline_pin(ce->timeline);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_ring;
-
-	if (!ce->state)
-		return 0;
-
-	err = __context_pin_state(ce->state);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_timeline;
-
-	return 0;
-
-err_timeline:
-	intel_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
-err_ring:
-	__ring_retire(ce->ring);
-err_put:
-	intel_context_put(ce);
-	return err;
-}
-
-void
-intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
-		   struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->cops);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->gt->vm);
-
-	kref_init(&ce->ref);
-
-	ce->engine = engine;
-	ce->ops = engine->cops;
-	ce->sseu = engine->sseu;
-	ce->ring = __intel_context_ring_size(SZ_4K);
-
-	ewma_runtime_init(&ce->runtime.avg);
-
-	ce->vm = i915_vm_get(engine->gt->vm);
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->signal_link);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->signals);
-
-	mutex_init(&ce->pin_mutex);
-
-	i915_active_init(&ce->active,
-			 __intel_context_active, __intel_context_retire);
-}
-
 void intel_context_fini(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
 	if (ce->timeline)
@@ -333,7 +363,13 @@ static struct i915_global_context global = { {
 
 int __init i915_global_context_init(void)
 {
-	global.slab_ce = KMEM_CACHE(intel_context, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
+	global.slab_ce =
+		kmem_cache_create("intel_context",
+				  sizeof(struct intel_context),
+				  __alignof__(struct intel_context),
+				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN |
+				  SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
+				  __intel_context_ctor);
 	if (!global.slab_ce)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
index 5dd52bb6d38c..878fe6664f19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
@@ -795,6 +795,16 @@ void i915_active_fini(struct i915_active *ref)
 		kmem_cache_free(global.slab_cache, ref->cache);
 }
 
+void i915_active_reinit(struct i915_active *ref)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_active_is_idle(ref));
+	debug_active_init(ref);
+	mutex_reinit(&ref->mutex);
+
+	ref->cache = NULL;
+	ref->tree = RB_ROOT;
+}
+
 static inline bool is_idle_barrier(struct active_node *node, u64 idx)
 {
 	return node->timeline == idx && !i915_active_fence_isset(&node->base);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
index fb165d3f01cf..6df7e721616d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ i915_active_is_idle(const struct i915_active *ref)
 
 void i915_active_fini(struct i915_active *ref);
 
+void i915_active_reinit(struct i915_active *ref);
+
 int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 					    struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 void i915_active_acquire_barrier(struct i915_active *ref);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
index 54773371e6bd..ef8db3aa75c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
@@ -443,6 +443,13 @@ static inline bool timer_expired(const struct timer_list *t)
 	return READ_ONCE(t->expires) && !timer_pending(t);
 }
 
+static inline void mutex_reinit(struct mutex *lock)
+{
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES)
+	lock->magic = lock;
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * This is a lookalike for IS_ENABLED() that takes a kconfig value,
  * e.g. CONFIG_DRM_I915_SPIN_REQUEST, and evaluates whether it is non-zero
