diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index 6274cfe3ad3c..f26c21e74eda 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -488,6 +488,29 @@ static void __assign_ppgtt(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		i915_vm_put(vm);
 }
 
+static void __set_timeline(struct intel_timeline **dst,
+			   struct intel_timeline *src)
+{
+	struct intel_timeline *old = *dst;
+
+	*dst = src ? intel_timeline_get(src) : NULL;
+
+	if (old)
+		intel_timeline_put(old);
+}
+
+static void __apply_timeline(struct intel_context *ce, void *timeline)
+{
+	__set_timeline(&ce->timeline, timeline);
+}
+
+static void __assign_timeline(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+			      struct intel_timeline *timeline)
+{
+	__set_timeline(&ctx->timeline, timeline);
+	context_apply_all(ctx, __apply_timeline, timeline);
+}
+
 static struct i915_gem_context *
 i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -530,7 +553,8 @@ i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, unsigned int flags)
 			return ERR_CAST(timeline);
 		}
 
-		ctx->timeline = timeline;
+		__assign_timeline(ctx, timeline);
+		intel_timeline_put(timeline);
 	}
 
 	trace_i915_context_create(ctx);
@@ -1989,13 +2013,8 @@ static int clone_sseu(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
 static int clone_timeline(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
 			  struct i915_gem_context *src)
 {
-	if (src->timeline) {
-		GEM_BUG_ON(src->timeline == dst->timeline);
-
-		if (dst->timeline)
-			intel_timeline_put(dst->timeline);
-		dst->timeline = intel_timeline_get(src->timeline);
-	}
+	if (src->timeline)
+		__assign_timeline(dst, src->timeline);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 0c8c909743f1..cee37322b953 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static int eb_pin_context(struct i915_execbuffer *eb, struct intel_context *ce)
 static void eb_unpin_context(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
 	struct intel_context *ce = eb->context;
-	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->ring->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->timeline;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tl->mutex);
 	intel_context_exit(ce);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index 6d1d4e8dbfc9..77833f1558a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int __intel_context_do_pin(struct intel_context *ce)
 			goto err;
 
 		GEM_TRACE("%s context:%llx pin ring:{head:%04x, tail:%04x}\n",
-			  ce->engine->name, ce->ring->timeline->fence_context,
+			  ce->engine->name, ce->timeline->fence_context,
 			  ce->ring->head, ce->ring->tail);
 
 		i915_gem_context_get(ce->gem_context); /* for ctx->ppgtt */
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void intel_context_unpin(struct intel_context *ce)
 
 	if (likely(atomic_dec_and_test(&ce->pin_count))) {
 		GEM_TRACE("%s context:%llx retire\n",
-			  ce->engine->name, ce->ring->timeline->fence_context);
+			  ce->engine->name, ce->timeline->fence_context);
 
 		ce->ops->unpin(ce);
 
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ static void __intel_context_retire(struct i915_active *active)
 	struct intel_context *ce = container_of(active, typeof(*ce), active);
 
 	GEM_TRACE("%s context:%llx retire\n",
-		  ce->engine->name, ce->ring->timeline->fence_context);
+		  ce->engine->name, ce->timeline->fence_context);
 
 	if (ce->state)
 		__context_unpin_state(ce->state);
 
+	intel_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
 	intel_ring_unpin(ce->ring);
 	intel_context_put(ce);
 }
@@ -163,15 +164,21 @@ static int __intel_context_active(struct i915_active *active)
 	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_ring;
+		goto err_timeline;
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_timeline:
+	intel_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
 err_ring:
 	intel_ring_unpin(ce->ring);
 err_put:
@@ -218,6 +225,8 @@ intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
 
 	ce->gem_context = ctx;
 	ce->vm = i915_vm_get(ctx->vm ?: &engine->gt->ggtt->vm);
+	if (ctx->timeline)
+		ce->timeline = intel_timeline_get(ctx->timeline);
 
 	ce->engine = engine;
 	ce->ops = engine->cops;
@@ -235,6 +244,8 @@ intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
 
 void intel_context_fini(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
+	if (ce->timeline)
+		intel_timeline_put(ce->timeline);
 	i915_vm_put(ce->vm);
 
 	mutex_destroy(&ce->pin_mutex);
@@ -279,7 +290,7 @@ void intel_context_exit_engine(struct intel_context *ce)
 int intel_context_prepare_remote_request(struct intel_context *ce,
 					 struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->ring->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->timeline;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Only suitable for use in remotely modifying this context */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
index 13f28dd316bc..9fa8b588f18e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
@@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ static inline void intel_context_put(struct intel_context *ce)
 
 static inline int __must_check
 intel_context_timeline_lock(struct intel_context *ce)
-	__acquires(&ce->ring->timeline->mutex)
+	__acquires(&ce->timeline->mutex)
 {
-	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&ce->ring->timeline->mutex);
+	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&ce->timeline->mutex);
 }
 
 static inline void intel_context_timeline_unlock(struct intel_context *ce)
-	__releases(&ce->ring->timeline->mutex)
+	__releases(&ce->timeline->mutex)
 {
-	mutex_unlock(&ce->ring->timeline->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&ce->timeline->mutex);
 }
 
 int intel_context_prepare_remote_request(struct intel_context *ce,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
index cff6238c213a..a632b20ec4d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct intel_context {
 
 	struct i915_vma *state;
 	struct intel_ring *ring;
+	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 
 	unsigned long flags;
 #define CONTEXT_ALLOC_BIT 0
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
index 37c391cee441..e1228b0e577f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ 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,
-			 struct intel_timeline *timeline,
-			 int size);
+intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int size);
 int intel_ring_pin(struct intel_ring *ring);
 void intel_ring_reset(struct intel_ring *ring, u32 tail);
 unsigned int intel_ring_update_space(struct intel_ring *ring);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index 9b13ce11e99c..0f841e1e50ca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ static int measure_breadcrumb_dw(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		goto out_frame;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&frame->ring.request_list);
-	frame->ring.timeline = &frame->timeline;
 	frame->ring.vaddr = frame->cs;
 	frame->ring.size = sizeof(frame->cs);
 	frame->ring.effective_size = frame->ring.size;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index dacaa707c797..eba3111038a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct intel_ring {
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	void *vaddr;
 
-	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 	struct list_head request_list;
 	struct list_head active_link;
 
@@ -283,8 +282,6 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 
 	struct intel_sseu sseu;
 
-	struct intel_ring *buffer;
-
 	struct {
 		spinlock_t lock;
 		struct list_head requests;
@@ -303,6 +300,11 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *default_state;
 	void *pinned_default_state;
 
+	struct {
+		struct intel_ring *ring;
+		struct intel_timeline *timeline;
+	} legacy;
+
 	/* Rather than have every client wait upon all user interrupts,
 	 * with the herd waking after every interrupt and each doing the
 	 * heavyweight seqno dance, we delegate the task (of being the
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 491f0cb34f51..6dbc9418ddce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2819,9 +2819,6 @@ logical_ring_default_irqs(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 int intel_execlists_submission_setup(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
-	/* Intentionally left blank. */
-	engine->buffer = NULL;
-
 	tasklet_init(&engine->execlists.tasklet,
 		     execlists_submission_tasklet, (unsigned long)engine);
 	timer_setup(&engine->execlists.timer, execlists_submission_timer, 0);
@@ -3069,23 +3066,13 @@ populate_lr_context(struct intel_context *ce,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct intel_timeline *
-get_timeline(struct i915_gem_context *ctx, struct intel_gt *gt)
-{
-	if (ctx->timeline)
-		return intel_timeline_get(ctx->timeline);
-	else
-		return intel_timeline_create(gt, NULL);
-}
-
 static int __execlists_context_alloc(struct intel_context *ce,
 				     struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj;
+	struct intel_ring *ring;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	u32 context_size;
-	struct intel_ring *ring;
-	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (ce->state)
@@ -3109,15 +3096,19 @@ static int __execlists_context_alloc(struct intel_context *ce,
 		goto error_deref_obj;
 	}
 
-	timeline = get_timeline(ce->gem_context, engine->gt);
-	if (IS_ERR(timeline)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(timeline);
-		goto error_deref_obj;
+	if (!ce->timeline) {
+		struct intel_timeline *tl;
+
+		tl = intel_timeline_create(engine->gt, NULL);
+		if (IS_ERR(tl)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(tl);
+			goto error_deref_obj;
+		}
+
+		ce->timeline = tl;
 	}
 
-	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, timeline,
-					(unsigned long)ce->ring);
-	intel_timeline_put(timeline);
+	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, (unsigned long)ce->ring);
 	if (IS_ERR(ring)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ring);
 		goto error_deref_obj;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ringbuffer.c
index bb69f51ccbfa..e4fc40c3c4d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static bool stop_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 static int xcs_resume(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = engine->i915;
-	struct intel_ring *ring = engine->buffer;
+	struct intel_ring *ring = engine->legacy.ring;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	GEM_TRACE("%s: ring:{HEAD:%04x, TAIL:%04x}\n",
@@ -832,12 +832,12 @@ static void reset_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 		 */
 		__i915_request_reset(rq, stalled);
 
-		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->ring != engine->buffer);
+		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->ring != engine->legacy.ring);
 		head = rq->head;
 	} else {
-		head = engine->buffer->tail;
+		head = engine->legacy.ring->tail;
 	}
-	engine->buffer->head = intel_ring_wrap(engine->buffer, head);
+	engine->legacy.ring->head = intel_ring_wrap(engine->legacy.ring, head);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->active.lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1192,10 +1192,6 @@ int intel_ring_pin(struct intel_ring *ring)
 	if (atomic_fetch_inc(&ring->pin_count))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = intel_timeline_pin(ring->timeline);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_unpin;
-
 	flags = PIN_GLOBAL;
 
 	/* Ring wraparound at offset 0 sometimes hangs. No idea why. */
@@ -1208,7 +1204,7 @@ int intel_ring_pin(struct intel_ring *ring)
 
 	ret = i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, 0, flags);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		goto err_timeline;
+		goto err_unpin;
 
 	if (i915_vma_is_map_and_fenceable(vma))
 		addr = (void __force *)i915_vma_pin_iomap(vma);
@@ -1225,13 +1221,10 @@ int intel_ring_pin(struct intel_ring *ring)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(ring->vaddr);
 	ring->vaddr = addr;
 
-	GEM_TRACE("ring:%llx pin\n", ring->timeline->fence_context);
 	return 0;
 
 err_ring:
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
-err_timeline:
-	intel_timeline_unpin(ring->timeline);
 err_unpin:
 	atomic_dec(&ring->pin_count);
 	return ret;
@@ -1254,8 +1247,6 @@ void intel_ring_unpin(struct intel_ring *ring)
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&ring->pin_count))
 		return;
 
-	GEM_TRACE("ring:%llx unpin\n", ring->timeline->fence_context);
-
 	/* Discard any unused bytes beyond that submitted to hw. */
 	intel_ring_reset(ring, ring->tail);
 
@@ -1270,8 +1261,6 @@ void intel_ring_unpin(struct intel_ring *ring)
 
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 	i915_vma_make_purgeable(vma);
-
-	intel_timeline_unpin(ring->timeline);
 }
 
 static struct i915_vma *create_ring_vma(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt, int size)
@@ -1306,9 +1295,7 @@ static struct i915_vma *create_ring_vma(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt, int size)
 }
 
 struct intel_ring *
-intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
-			 struct intel_timeline *timeline,
-			 int size)
+intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int size)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = engine->i915;
 	struct intel_ring *ring;
@@ -1323,7 +1310,6 @@ intel_engine_create_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 
 	kref_init(&ring->ref);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->request_list);
-	ring->timeline = intel_timeline_get(timeline);
 
 	ring->size = size;
 	/* Workaround an erratum on the i830 which causes a hang if
@@ -1353,7 +1339,6 @@ void intel_ring_free(struct kref *ref)
 	i915_vma_close(ring->vma);
 	i915_vma_put(ring->vma);
 
-	intel_timeline_put(ring->timeline);
 	kfree(ring);
 }
 
@@ -1485,8 +1470,9 @@ static int ring_context_alloc(struct intel_context *ce)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = ce->engine;
 
 	/* One ringbuffer to rule them all */
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->buffer);
-	ce->ring = engine->buffer;
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->legacy.ring);
+	ce->ring = engine->legacy.ring;
+	ce->timeline = intel_timeline_get(engine->legacy.timeline);
 
 	if (engine->context_size) {
 		struct i915_vma *vma;
@@ -2164,8 +2150,11 @@ static void ring_destroy(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 	intel_engine_cleanup_common(engine);
 
-	intel_ring_unpin(engine->buffer);
-	intel_ring_put(engine->buffer);
+	intel_ring_unpin(engine->legacy.ring);
+	intel_ring_put(engine->legacy.ring);
+
+	intel_timeline_unpin(engine->legacy.timeline);
+	intel_timeline_put(engine->legacy.timeline);
 
 	kfree(engine);
 }
@@ -2349,32 +2338,40 @@ int intel_ring_submission_init(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	}
 	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline->has_initial_breadcrumb);
 
-	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, timeline, SZ_16K);
-	intel_timeline_put(timeline);
+	err = intel_timeline_pin(timeline);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_timeline;
+
+	ring = intel_engine_create_ring(engine, SZ_16K);
 	if (IS_ERR(ring)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ring);
-		goto err;
+		goto err_timeline_unpin;
 	}
 
 	err = intel_ring_pin(ring);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_ring;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(engine->buffer);
-	engine->buffer = ring;
+	GEM_BUG_ON(engine->legacy.ring);
+	engine->legacy.ring = ring;
+	engine->legacy.timeline = timeline;
 
 	err = intel_engine_init_common(engine);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_unpin;
+		goto err_ring_unpin;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(ring->timeline->hwsp_ggtt != engine->status_page.vma);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline->hwsp_ggtt != engine->status_page.vma);
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_unpin:
+err_ring_unpin:
 	intel_ring_unpin(ring);
 err_ring:
 	intel_ring_put(ring);
+err_timeline_unpin:
+	intel_timeline_unpin(timeline);
+err_timeline:
+	intel_timeline_put(timeline);
 err:
 	intel_engine_cleanup_common(engine);
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/mock_engine.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/mock_engine.c
index 3aca88604d2d..16b0927e3948 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/mock_engine.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/mock_engine.c
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
 #include "mock_engine.h"
 #include "selftests/mock_request.h"
 
-struct mock_ring {
-	struct intel_ring base;
-	struct intel_timeline timeline;
-};
-
 static void mock_timeline_pin(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 {
 	tl->pin_count++;
@@ -51,36 +46,22 @@ static void mock_timeline_unpin(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 static struct intel_ring *mock_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	const unsigned long sz = PAGE_SIZE / 2;
-	struct mock_ring *ring;
+	struct intel_ring *ring;
 
 	ring = kzalloc(sizeof(*ring) + sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ring)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (intel_timeline_init(&ring->timeline, engine->gt, NULL)) {
-		kfree(ring);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	kref_init(&ring->base.ref);
-	ring->base.size = sz;
-	ring->base.effective_size = sz;
-	ring->base.vaddr = (void *)(ring + 1);
-	ring->base.timeline = &ring->timeline;
-	atomic_set(&ring->base.pin_count, 1);
+	kref_init(&ring->ref);
+	ring->size = sz;
+	ring->effective_size = sz;
+	ring->vaddr = (void *)(ring + 1);
+	atomic_set(&ring->pin_count, 1);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->base.request_list);
-	intel_ring_update_space(&ring->base);
-
-	return &ring->base;
-}
-
-static void mock_ring_free(struct intel_ring *base)
-{
-	struct mock_ring *ring = container_of(base, typeof(*ring), base);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->request_list);
+	intel_ring_update_space(ring);
 
-	intel_timeline_fini(&ring->timeline);
-	kfree(ring);
+	return ring;
 }
 
 static struct i915_request *first_request(struct mock_engine *engine)
@@ -131,7 +112,6 @@ static void hw_delay_complete(struct timer_list *t)
 
 static void mock_context_unpin(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
-	mock_timeline_unpin(ce->ring->timeline);
 }
 
 static void mock_context_destroy(struct kref *ref)
@@ -140,8 +120,12 @@ static void mock_context_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(intel_context_is_pinned(ce));
 
-	if (test_bit(CONTEXT_ALLOC_BIT, &ce->flags))
-		mock_ring_free(ce->ring);
+	if (test_bit(CONTEXT_ALLOC_BIT, &ce->flags)) {
+		kfree(ce->ring);
+
+		mock_timeline_unpin(ce->timeline);
+		intel_timeline_put(ce->timeline);
+	}
 
 	intel_context_fini(ce);
 	intel_context_free(ce);
@@ -153,19 +137,21 @@ static int mock_context_alloc(struct intel_context *ce)
 	if (!ce->ring)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ce->timeline);
+	ce->timeline = intel_timeline_create(ce->engine->gt, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(ce->timeline)) {
+		kfree(ce->engine);
+		return PTR_ERR(ce->timeline);
+	}
+
+	mock_timeline_pin(ce->timeline);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int mock_context_pin(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = intel_context_active_acquire(ce);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	mock_timeline_pin(ce->ring->timeline);
-	return 0;
+	return intel_context_active_acquire(ce);
 }
 
 static const struct intel_context_ops mock_context_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c
index d39b5594cb02..9d3cdcc67b4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int request_sync(struct i915_request *rq)
 
 static int context_sync(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
-	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->ring->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->timeline;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	do {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
index 1e09722b5317..7698fcaa648a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static bool __active_del_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 	struct llist_node *head = NULL, *tail = NULL;
 	struct llist_node *pos, *next;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(node->timeline != engine->kernel_context->ring->timeline->fence_context);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(node->timeline != engine->kernel_context->timeline->fence_context);
 
 	/*
 	 * Rebuild the llist excluding our node. We may perform this
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 	 * i915_active_acquire_barrier()
 	 */
 	for_each_engine_masked(engine, i915, mask, tmp) {
-		u64 idx = engine->kernel_context->ring->timeline->fence_context;
+		u64 idx = engine->kernel_context->timeline->fence_context;
 		struct active_node *node;
 
 		node = reuse_idle_barrier(ref, idx);
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ void i915_request_add_active_barriers(struct i915_request *rq)
 	struct llist_node *node, *next;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(intel_engine_is_virtual(engine));
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline != engine->kernel_context->ring->timeline);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline != engine->kernel_context->timeline);
 
 	/*
 	 * Attach the list of proto-fences to the in-flight request such
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 81094f250bdb..30ae2d630022 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -305,12 +305,12 @@ static bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 
-	intel_context_exit(rq->hw_context);
-	intel_context_unpin(rq->hw_context);
-
 	i915_request_remove_from_client(rq);
 	list_del(&rq->link);
 
+	intel_context_exit(rq->hw_context);
+	intel_context_unpin(rq->hw_context);
+
 	free_capture_list(rq);
 	i915_sched_node_fini(&rq->sched);
 	i915_request_put(rq);
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ request_alloc_slow(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 struct i915_request *
 __i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->ring->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline *tl = ce->timeline;
 	struct i915_request *rq;
 	u32 seqno;
 	int ret;
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce)
 		goto err_unlock;
 
 	/* Check that we do not interrupt ourselves with a new request */
-	rq->cookie = lockdep_pin_lock(&ce->ring->timeline->mutex);
+	rq->cookie = lockdep_pin_lock(&ce->timeline->mutex);
 
 	return rq;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
index b6449d0a8c17..cb30c669b1b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
@@ -48,26 +48,29 @@ static int populate_ggtt(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 {
 	unsigned long unbound, bound, count;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
-	u64 size;
 
 	count = 0;
-	for (size = 0;
-	     size + I915_GTT_PAGE_SIZE <= i915->ggtt.vm.total;
-	     size += I915_GTT_PAGE_SIZE) {
+	do {
 		struct i915_vma *vma;
 
 		obj = i915_gem_object_create_internal(i915, I915_GTT_PAGE_SIZE);
 		if (IS_ERR(obj))
 			return PTR_ERR(obj);
 
-		quirk_add(obj, objects);
-
 		vma = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(vma))
+		if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
+			i915_gem_object_put(obj);
+			if (vma == ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC))
+				break;
+
 			return PTR_ERR(vma);
+		}
 
+		quirk_add(obj, objects);
 		count++;
-	}
+	} while (1);
+	pr_debug("Filled GGTT with %lu pages [%llu total]\n",
+		 count, i915->ggtt.vm.total / PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	bound = 0;
 	unbound = 0;
