diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 54351cace362..b9bd8328f501 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2058,7 +2058,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 		void (*resume)(struct drm_i915_private *);
 		void (*cleanup_engine)(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 
-		struct i915_gem_timeline global_timeline;
+		struct i915_gem_timeline execution_timeline;
+		struct i915_gem_timeline legacy_timeline;
 		struct list_head timelines;
 
 		struct list_head active_rings;
@@ -3234,16 +3235,6 @@ i915_gem_context_lookup(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv, u32 id)
 	return ctx;
 }
 
-static inline struct intel_timeline *
-i915_gem_context_lookup_timeline(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
-				 struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	struct i915_address_space *vm;
-
-	vm = ctx->ppgtt ? &ctx->ppgtt->base : &ctx->i915->ggtt.base;
-	return &vm->timeline.engine[engine->id];
-}
-
 int i915_perf_open_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			 struct drm_file *file);
 int i915_perf_add_config_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 56c79df5ebce..d60f3bd4bc66 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3110,10 +3110,10 @@ static void engine_skip_context(struct i915_request *request)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
 	struct i915_gem_context *hung_ctx = request->ctx;
-	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline *timeline = request->timeline;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	timeline = i915_gem_context_lookup_timeline(hung_ctx, engine);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline == engine->timeline);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
 	spin_lock(&timeline->lock);
@@ -3782,7 +3782,7 @@ int i915_gem_wait_for_idle(struct drm_i915_private *i915, unsigned int flags)
 
 		ret = wait_for_engines(i915);
 	} else {
-		ret = wait_for_timeline(&i915->gt.global_timeline, flags);
+		ret = wait_for_timeline(&i915->gt.execution_timeline, flags);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -5652,7 +5652,8 @@ void i915_gem_cleanup_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	WARN_ON(dev_priv->mm.object_count);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&dev_priv->gt.global_timeline);
+	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&dev_priv->gt.legacy_timeline);
+	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&dev_priv->gt.execution_timeline);
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev_priv->gt.timelines));
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 74435affe23f..58b185abe652 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static void i915_gem_context_free(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_context_is_closed(ctx));
 
+	i915_gem_timeline_free(ctx->timeline);
 	i915_ppgtt_put(ctx->ppgtt);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < I915_NUM_ENGINES; i++) {
@@ -376,6 +377,18 @@ i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		ctx->desc_template = default_desc_template(dev_priv, ppgtt);
 	}
 
+	if (HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv)) {
+		struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline;
+
+		timeline = i915_gem_timeline_create(dev_priv, ctx->name);
+		if (IS_ERR(timeline)) {
+			__destroy_hw_context(ctx, file_priv);
+			return ERR_CAST(timeline);
+		}
+
+		ctx->timeline = timeline;
+	}
+
 	trace_i915_context_create(ctx);
 
 	return ctx;
@@ -584,7 +597,7 @@ static bool engine_has_idle_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	list_for_each_entry(timeline, &engine->i915->gt.timelines, link) {
 		struct intel_timeline *tl;
 
-		if (timeline == &engine->i915->gt.global_timeline)
+		if (timeline == &engine->i915->gt.execution_timeline)
 			continue;
 
 		tl = &timeline->engine[engine->id];
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
index b12a8a8c5af9..140edcb424df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
 	/** file_priv: owning file descriptor */
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
 
+	struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline;
+
 	/**
 	 * @ppgtt: unique address space (GTT)
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 21d72f695adb..e9d828324f67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -2111,8 +2111,6 @@ static void i915_address_space_init(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				    struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 				    const char *name)
 {
-	i915_gem_timeline_init(dev_priv, &vm->timeline, name);
-
 	drm_mm_init(&vm->mm, 0, vm->total);
 	vm->mm.head_node.color = I915_COLOR_UNEVICTABLE;
 
@@ -2129,7 +2127,6 @@ static void i915_address_space_fini(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 	if (pagevec_count(&vm->free_pages))
 		vm_free_pages_release(vm, true);
 
-	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&vm->timeline);
 	drm_mm_takedown(&vm->mm);
 	list_del(&vm->global_link);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
index 6efc017e8bb3..98107925de48 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ struct i915_pml4 {
 
 struct i915_address_space {
 	struct drm_mm mm;
-	struct i915_gem_timeline timeline;
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
 	struct device *dma;
 	/* Every address space belongs to a struct file - except for the global
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c
index e9fd87604067..24f4068cc137 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.c
@@ -95,12 +95,28 @@ int i915_gem_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 int i915_gem_timeline_init__global(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
-	static struct lock_class_key class;
+	static struct lock_class_key class1, class2;
+	int err;
+
+	err = __i915_gem_timeline_init(i915,
+				       &i915->gt.execution_timeline,
+				       "[execution]", &class1,
+				       "i915_execution_timeline");
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = __i915_gem_timeline_init(i915,
+				       &i915->gt.legacy_timeline,
+				       "[global]", &class2,
+				       "i915_global_timeline");
+	if (err)
+		goto err_exec_timeline;
+
+	return 0;
 
-	return __i915_gem_timeline_init(i915,
-					&i915->gt.global_timeline,
-					"[execution]",
-					&class, "&global_timeline->lock");
+err_exec_timeline:
+	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&i915->gt.execution_timeline);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -148,6 +164,34 @@ void i915_gem_timeline_fini(struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline)
 	kfree(timeline->name);
 }
 
+struct i915_gem_timeline *
+i915_gem_timeline_create(struct drm_i915_private *i915, const char *name)
+{
+	struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline;
+	int err;
+
+	timeline = kzalloc(sizeof(*timeline), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!timeline)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	err = i915_gem_timeline_init(i915, timeline, name);
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(timeline);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
+	return timeline;
+}
+
+void i915_gem_timeline_free(struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline)
+{
+	if (!timeline)
+		return;
+
+	i915_gem_timeline_fini(timeline);
+	kfree(timeline);
+}
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST)
 #include "selftests/mock_timeline.c"
 #include "selftests/i915_gem_timeline.c"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h
index 6e82119e2cd8..780ed465c4fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_timeline.h
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ int i915_gem_timeline_init__global(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void i915_gem_timelines_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void i915_gem_timeline_fini(struct i915_gem_timeline *tl);
 
+struct i915_gem_timeline *
+i915_gem_timeline_create(struct drm_i915_private *i915, const char *name);
+void i915_gem_timeline_free(struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline);
+
 static inline int __intel_timeline_sync_set(struct intel_timeline *tl,
 					    u64 context, u32 seqno)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 6301fb0d2319..7c0fa2c544bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -748,7 +748,12 @@ i915_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 		}
 	}
 
-	rq->timeline = i915_gem_context_lookup_timeline(ctx, engine);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->active_list);
+	rq->i915 = i915;
+	rq->engine = engine;
+	rq->ctx = i915_gem_context_get(ctx);
+	rq->ring = ring;
+	rq->timeline = ring->timeline;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline == engine->timeline);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&rq->lock);
@@ -764,12 +769,6 @@ i915_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 
 	i915_sched_node_init(&rq->sched);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->active_list);
-	rq->i915 = i915;
-	rq->engine = engine;
-	rq->ctx = i915_gem_context_get(ctx);
-	rq->ring = ring;
-
 	/* No zalloc, must clear what we need by hand */
 	rq->global_seqno = 0;
 	rq->signaling.wait.seqno = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index ea63493b5ea7..d6c2882a3b5f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ void intel_engine_init_global_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 seqno)
 
 static void intel_engine_init_timeline(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
-	engine->timeline = &engine->i915->gt.global_timeline.engine[engine->id];
+	engine->timeline =
+		&engine->i915->gt.execution_timeline.engine[engine->id];
 }
 
 static void intel_engine_init_batch_pool(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 029901a8fa38..fd3539034665 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ static int execlists_context_deferred_alloc(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		goto error_deref_obj;
 	}
 
-	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, ctx->ring_size);
+	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, ctx->timeline, ctx->ring_size);
 	if (IS_ERR(ring)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ring);
 		goto error_deref_obj;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 3d02b2c779e7..897e73ec51cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1116,13 +1116,16 @@ intel_ring_create_vma(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, int size)
 }
 
 struct intel_ring *
-intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int size)
+intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
+			 struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline,
+			 int size)
 {
 	struct intel_ring *ring;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(size));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(RING_CTL_SIZE(size) & ~RING_NR_PAGES);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(&timeline->engine[engine->id] == engine->timeline);
 	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*ring), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1130,6 +1133,7 @@ intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int size)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->request_list);
+	ring->timeline = &timeline->engine[engine->id];
 
 	ring->size = size;
 	/* Workaround an erratum on the i830 which causes a hang if
@@ -1326,7 +1330,9 @@ static int intel_init_ring_buffer(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 
-	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, 32 * PAGE_SIZE);
+	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine,
+					&engine->i915->gt.legacy_timeline,
+					32 * PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(ring)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ring);
 		goto err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index e8d17bcd9bee..b3c3f8f47f38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ struct intel_ring {
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	void *vaddr;
 
+	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 	struct list_head request_list;
 	struct list_head active_link;
 
@@ -767,7 +768,9 @@ intel_write_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int reg, u32 value)
 #define CNL_HWS_CSB_WRITE_INDEX		0x2f
 
 struct intel_ring *
-intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int size);
+intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
+			 struct i915_gem_timeline *timeline,
+			 int size);
 int intel_ring_pin(struct intel_ring *ring,
 		   struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		   unsigned int offset_bias);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
index 74a88913623f..6a10cb734c35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs *mock_engine(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	engine->base.emit_breadcrumb = mock_emit_breadcrumb;
 	engine->base.submit_request = mock_submit_request;
 
-	engine->base.timeline =
-		&i915->gt.global_timeline.engine[engine->base.id];
+	intel_engine_init_timeline(&engine->base);
 
 	intel_engine_init_breadcrumbs(&engine->base);
 	engine->base.breadcrumbs.mock = true; /* prevent touching HW for irqs */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index f22a2b35a283..f11c83e8ff32 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ static void mock_device_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	mock_fini_ggtt(i915);
-	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&i915->gt.global_timeline);
+	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&i915->gt.legacy_timeline);
+	i915_gem_timeline_fini(&i915->gt.execution_timeline);
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&i915->gt.timelines));
 	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	destroy_workqueue(i915->wq);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gtt.c
index e96873f96116..36c112088940 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gtt.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ mock_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ppgtt->base.global_link);
 	drm_mm_init(&ppgtt->base.mm, 0, ppgtt->base.total);
-	i915_gem_timeline_init(i915, &ppgtt->base.timeline, name);
 
 	ppgtt->base.clear_range = nop_clear_range;
 	ppgtt->base.insert_page = mock_insert_page;
