diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
index 261da577829a..e46592956872 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 !atomic_read(&t->count);
+}
+
 #endif /* __I915_GEM_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index ace93958689e..9bbdee24e254 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,7 @@ int intel_enable_engine_stats(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 unlock:
 	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
 	tasklet_enable(&execlists->tasklet);
+	tasklet_hi_schedule(&execlists->tasklet);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 87dd8ee117c8..2c3f64c9a2f1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -563,12 +563,14 @@ static void complete_preempt_context(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!execlists_is_active(execlists, EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_PREEMPT));
 
 	execlists_cancel_port_requests(execlists);
-	execlists_unwind_incomplete_requests(execlists);
+	__unwind_incomplete_requests(container_of(execlists,
+						  struct intel_engine_cs,
+						  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;
@@ -578,9 +580,8 @@ static void __execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	struct rb_node *rb;
 	bool submit = false;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->timeline.lock);
-
-	/* Hardware submission is through 2 ports. Conceptually each port
+	/*
+	 * 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
@@ -770,15 +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)
 {
@@ -957,6 +949,12 @@ static void execlists_cancel_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, 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;
@@ -1091,18 +1089,9 @@ 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\n",
-		  engine->name,
-		  engine->i915->gt.awake,
-		  engine->execlists.active);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->timeline.lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We can skip acquiring intel_runtime_pm_get() here as it was taken
@@ -1119,6 +1108,28 @@ static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 		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);
+
+	if (engine->i915->gt.awake) /* we may be delayed until after we idle! */
+		__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)
@@ -1127,16 +1138,30 @@ 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_imm(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_imm(engine);
+	}
 }
 
 static void execlists_submit_request(struct i915_request *request)
@@ -1148,11 +1173,12 @@ 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);
 }
 
@@ -1279,8 +1305,11 @@ 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);
