diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
index 261da577829a..7892ac773916 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
@@ -88,4 +88,9 @@ static inline void __tasklet_enable_sync_once(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 		tasklet_kill(t);
 }
 
+static inline bool __tasklet_is_enabled(const struct tasklet_struct *t)
+{
+	return likely(!atomic_read(&t->count));
+}
+
 #endif /* __I915_GEM_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index f9bc3aaa90d0..3a8eacab5172 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1462,14 +1462,10 @@ static void snb_gt_irq_handler(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 static void
 gen8_cs_irq_handler(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 iir)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
 	bool tasklet = false;
 
-	if (iir & GT_CONTEXT_SWITCH_INTERRUPT) {
-		if (READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.active))
-			tasklet = !test_and_set_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST,
-						    &engine->irq_posted);
-	}
+	if (iir & GT_CONTEXT_SWITCH_INTERRUPT)
+		tasklet = true;
 
 	if (iir & GT_RENDER_USER_INTERRUPT) {
 		notify_ring(engine);
@@ -1477,7 +1473,7 @@ gen8_cs_irq_handler(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 iir)
 	}
 
 	if (tasklet)
-		tasklet_hi_schedule(&execlists->tasklet);
+		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
 }
 
 static void gen8_gt_irq_ack(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
@@ -2185,7 +2181,6 @@ static irqreturn_t cherryview_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
 
 		I915_WRITE(VLV_IER, ier);
 		I915_WRITE(GEN8_MASTER_IRQ, GEN8_MASTER_IRQ_CONTROL);
-		POSTING_READ(GEN8_MASTER_IRQ);
 
 		gen8_gt_irq_handler(dev_priv, master_ctl, gt_iir);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index bc0193199a03..43880bf0f529 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1329,12 +1329,10 @@ static void intel_engine_print_registers(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		ptr = I915_READ(RING_CONTEXT_STATUS_PTR(engine));
 		read = GEN8_CSB_READ_PTR(ptr);
 		write = GEN8_CSB_WRITE_PTR(ptr);
-		drm_printf(m, "\tExeclist CSB read %d [%d cached], write %d [%d from hws], interrupt posted? %s, tasklet queued? %s (%s)\n",
+		drm_printf(m, "\tExeclist CSB read %d [%d cached], write %d [%d from hws], tasklet queued? %s (%s)\n",
 			   read, execlists->csb_head,
 			   write,
 			   intel_read_status_page(engine, intel_hws_csb_write_index(engine->i915)),
-			   yesno(test_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST,
-					  &engine->irq_posted)),
 			   yesno(test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_SCHED,
 					  &engine->execlists.tasklet.state)),
 			   enableddisabled(!atomic_read(&engine->execlists.tasklet.count)));
@@ -1515,11 +1513,9 @@ void intel_engine_dump(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	spin_unlock(&b->rb_lock);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
-	drm_printf(m, "IRQ? 0x%lx (breadcrumbs? %s) (execlists? %s)\n",
+	drm_printf(m, "IRQ? 0x%lx (breadcrumbs? %s)\n",
 		   engine->irq_posted,
 		   yesno(test_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_BREADCRUMB,
-				  &engine->irq_posted)),
-		   yesno(test_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST,
 				  &engine->irq_posted)));
 
 	drm_printf(m, "HWSP:\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 71693008b5d0..c88ea807945a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -557,13 +557,15 @@ static void complete_preempt_context(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 {
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!execlists_is_active(execlists, EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_PREEMPT));
 
+	__unwind_incomplete_requests(container_of(execlists,
+						  typeof(struct intel_engine_cs),
+						  execlists));
 	execlists_cancel_port_requests(execlists);
-	execlists_unwind_incomplete_requests(execlists);
 
 	execlists_clear_active(execlists, EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_PREEMPT);
 }
 
-static void __execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
 	struct execlist_port *port = execlists->port;
@@ -575,7 +577,11 @@ static void __execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->timeline.lock);
 
-	/* Hardware submission is through 2 ports. Conceptually each port
+	GEM_BUG_ON(execlists_is_active(&engine->execlists,
+				       EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_PREEMPT));
+
+	/*
+	 * Hardware submission is through 2 ports. Conceptually each port
 	 * has a (RING_START, RING_HEAD, RING_TAIL) tuple. RING_START is
 	 * static for a context, and unique to each, so we only execute
 	 * requests belonging to a single context from each ring. RING_HEAD
@@ -765,15 +771,6 @@ static void __execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		   !port_isset(engine->execlists.port));
 }
 
-static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
-	__execlists_dequeue(engine);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
-}
-
 void
 execlists_cancel_port_requests(struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists)
 {
@@ -870,14 +867,6 @@ static void reset_irq(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	synchronize_hardirq(engine->i915->drm.irq);
 
 	clear_gtiir(engine);
-
-	/*
-	 * The port is checked prior to scheduling a tasklet, but
-	 * just in case we have suspended the tasklet to do the
-	 * wedging make sure that when it wakes, it decides there
-	 * is no work to do by clearing the irq_posted bit.
-	 */
-	clear_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted);
 }
 
 static void execlists_cancel_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
@@ -950,6 +939,12 @@ static void execlists_cancel_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
+static inline bool
+reset_in_progress(const struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
+{
+	return unlikely(!__tasklet_is_enabled(&execlists->tasklet));
+}
+
 static void process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
@@ -957,10 +952,6 @@ static void process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	const u32 * const buf = execlists->csb_status;
 	u8 head, tail;
 
-	/* Clear before reading to catch new interrupts */
-	clear_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted);
-	smp_mb__after_atomic();
-
 	/* Note that csb_write, csb_status may be either in HWSP or mmio */
 	head = execlists->csb_head;
 	tail = READ_ONCE(*execlists->csb_write);
@@ -1090,19 +1081,9 @@ static void process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	execlists->csb_head = head;
 }
 
-/*
- * Check the unread Context Status Buffers and manage the submission of new
- * contexts to the ELSP accordingly.
- */
-static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
+static void __execlists_submission_tasklet(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_cs * const engine = (struct intel_engine_cs *)data;
-
-	GEM_TRACE("%s awake?=%d, active=%x, irq-posted?=%d\n",
-		  engine->name,
-		  engine->i915->gt.awake,
-		  engine->execlists.active,
-		  test_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted));
+	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->timeline.lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We can skip acquiring intel_runtime_pm_get() here as it was taken
@@ -1114,18 +1095,32 @@ static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	 */
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->i915->gt.awake);
 
-	/*
-	 * Prefer doing test_and_clear_bit() as a two stage operation to avoid
-	 * imposing the cost of a locked atomic transaction when submitting a
-	 * new request (outside of the context-switch interrupt).
-	 */
-	if (test_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted))
-		process_csb(engine);
-
+	process_csb(engine);
 	if (!execlists_is_active(&engine->execlists, EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_PREEMPT))
 		execlists_dequeue(engine);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check the unread Context Status Buffers and manage the submission of new
+ * contexts to the ELSP accordingly.
+ */
+static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_cs * const engine = (struct intel_engine_cs *)data;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	GEM_TRACE("%s awake?=%d, active=%x\n",
+		  engine->name,
+		  engine->i915->gt.awake,
+		  engine->execlists.active);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
+
+	__execlists_submission_tasklet(engine);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
+}
+
 static void queue_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			  struct i915_sched_node *node,
 			  int prio)
@@ -1134,16 +1129,30 @@ static void queue_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		      &lookup_priolist(engine, prio)->requests);
 }
 
-static void __submit_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
+static void __update_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
 {
 	engine->execlists.queue_priority = prio;
-	tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+}
+
+static void __submit_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
+
+	if (reset_in_progress(execlists))
+		return; /* defer until we restart the engine following reset */
+
+	if (execlists->tasklet.func == execlists_submission_tasklet)
+		__execlists_submission_tasklet(engine);
+	else
+		tasklet_hi_schedule(&execlists->tasklet);
 }
 
 static void submit_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
 {
-	if (prio > engine->execlists.queue_priority)
-		__submit_queue(engine, prio);
+	if (prio > engine->execlists.queue_priority) {
+		__update_queue(engine, prio);
+		__submit_queue(engine);
+	}
 }
 
 static void execlists_submit_request(struct i915_request *request)
@@ -1155,11 +1164,12 @@ static void execlists_submit_request(struct i915_request *request)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
 
 	queue_request(engine, &request->sched, rq_prio(request));
-	submit_queue(engine, rq_prio(request));
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->execlists.first);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(list_empty(&request->sched.link));
 
+	submit_queue(engine, rq_prio(request));
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -1286,8 +1296,11 @@ static void execlists_schedule(struct i915_request *request,
 		}
 
 		if (prio > engine->execlists.queue_priority &&
-		    i915_sw_fence_done(&sched_to_request(node)->submit))
-			__submit_queue(engine, prio);
+		    i915_sw_fence_done(&sched_to_request(node)->submit)) {
+			/* defer submission until after all of our updates */
+			__update_queue(engine, prio);
+			tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+		}
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&engine->timeline.lock);
@@ -1831,6 +1844,7 @@ execlists_reset_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
 	struct i915_request *request, *active;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	GEM_TRACE("%s\n", engine->name);
 
@@ -1854,8 +1868,10 @@ execlists_reset_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 * and avoid blaming an innocent request if the stall was due to the
 	 * preemption itself.
 	 */
-	if (test_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted))
-		process_csb(engine);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
+	synchronize_hardirq(engine->i915->drm.irq);
+
+	process_csb(engine);
 
 	/*
 	 * The last active request can then be no later than the last request
@@ -1865,15 +1881,12 @@ execlists_reset_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	active = NULL;
 	request = port_request(execlists->port);
 	if (request) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
 		/*
 		 * Prevent the breadcrumb from advancing before we decide
 		 * which request is currently active.
 		 */
 		intel_engine_stop_cs(engine);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
 		list_for_each_entry_from_reverse(request,
 						 &engine->timeline.requests,
 						 link) {
@@ -1883,12 +1896,28 @@ execlists_reset_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 			active = request;
 		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
 	}
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
+
 	return active;
 }
 
+static void reset_csb_pointers(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
+{
+	/*
+	 * After a reset, the HW starts writing into CSB entry [0]. We
+	 * therefore have to set our HEAD pointer back one entry so that
+	 * the *first* entry we check is entry 0. To complicate this further,
+	 * as we don't wait for the first interrupt after reset, we have to
+	 * fake the HW write to point back to the last entry so that our
+	 * inline comparison of our cached head position against the last HW
+	 * write works even before the first interrupt.
+	 */
+	execlists->csb_head = GEN8_CSB_ENTRIES - 1;
+	WRITE_ONCE(*execlists->csb_write, (GEN8_CSB_ENTRIES - 1) | 0xff << 16);
+}
+
 static void execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			    struct i915_request *request)
 {
@@ -1918,7 +1947,7 @@ static void execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	__unwind_incomplete_requests(engine);
 
 	/* Following the reset, we need to reload the CSB read/write pointers */
-	engine->execlists.csb_head = GEN8_CSB_ENTRIES - 1;
+	reset_csb_pointers(&engine->execlists);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
 
@@ -2412,7 +2441,6 @@ static int logical_ring_init(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			upper_32_bits(ce->lrc_desc);
 	}
 
-	execlists->csb_head = GEN8_CSB_ENTRIES - 1;
 	execlists->csb_read =
 		i915->regs + i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_CONTEXT_STATUS_PTR(engine));
 	if (csb_force_mmio(i915)) {
@@ -2427,6 +2455,7 @@ static int logical_ring_init(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		execlists->csb_write =
 			&engine->status_page.page_addr[intel_hws_csb_write_index(i915)];
 	}
+	reset_csb_pointers(execlists);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index b92e76c23843..636a1b1ac0dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 	atomic_t irq_count;
 	unsigned long irq_posted;
 #define ENGINE_IRQ_BREADCRUMB 0
-#define ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST 1
 
 	/* Rather than have every client wait upon all user interrupts,
 	 * with the herd waking after every interrupt and each doing the
