diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index cd4f327b23bd..5d8221c7ba83 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -218,9 +218,12 @@ static struct i915_gem_engines *default_engines(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 
 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));
 
+	spin_lock(&ctx->i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+	list_del(&ctx->link);
+	spin_unlock(&ctx->i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+
 	free_engines(rcu_access_pointer(ctx->engines));
 	mutex_destroy(&ctx->engines_mutex);
 
@@ -230,67 +233,54 @@ static void i915_gem_context_free(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	kfree(ctx->name);
 	put_pid(ctx->pid);
 
-	list_del(&ctx->link);
 	mutex_destroy(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	kfree_rcu(ctx, rcu);
 }
 
-static void contexts_free(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+static void contexts_free_all(struct llist_node *list)
 {
-	struct llist_node *freed = llist_del_all(&i915->contexts.free_list);
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx, *cn;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
-	llist_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, cn, freed, free_link)
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, cn, list, free_link)
 		i915_gem_context_free(ctx);
 }
 
-static void contexts_free_first(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+static void contexts_flush_free(struct i915_gem_contexts *gc)
 {
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	struct llist_node *freed;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
-	freed = llist_del_first(&i915->contexts.free_list);
-	if (!freed)
-		return;
-
-	ctx = container_of(freed, typeof(*ctx), free_link);
-	i915_gem_context_free(ctx);
+	contexts_free_all(llist_del_all(&gc->free_list));
 }
 
 static void contexts_free_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *i915 =
-		container_of(work, typeof(*i915), contexts.free_work);
+	struct i915_gem_contexts *gc =
+		container_of(work, typeof(*gc), free_work);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-	contexts_free(i915);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	contexts_flush_free(gc);
 }
 
 void i915_gem_context_release(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx = container_of(ref, typeof(*ctx), ref);
-	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = ctx->i915;
+	struct i915_gem_contexts *gc = &ctx->i915->gem.contexts;
 
 	trace_i915_context_free(ctx);
-	if (llist_add(&ctx->free_link, &i915->contexts.free_list))
-		queue_work(i915->wq, &i915->contexts.free_work);
+	if (llist_add(&ctx->free_link, &gc->free_list))
+		schedule_work(&gc->free_work);
 }
 
 static void context_close(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 {
-	i915_gem_context_set_closed(ctx);
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 
-	if (ctx->vm)
-		i915_vm_close(ctx->vm);
+	i915_gem_context_set_closed(ctx);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 
+	vm = i915_gem_context_vm(ctx);
+	if (vm)
+		i915_vm_close(vm);
+
 	ctx->file_priv = ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
 
 	/*
@@ -317,7 +307,6 @@ __create_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	kref_init(&ctx->ref);
-	list_add_tail(&ctx->link, &i915->contexts.list);
 	ctx->i915 = i915;
 	ctx->sched.priority = I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
 	mutex_init(&ctx->mutex);
@@ -343,6 +332,10 @@ __create_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->hang_timestamp); i++)
 		ctx->hang_timestamp[i] = jiffies - CONTEXT_FAST_HANG_JIFFIES;
 
+	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+	list_add_tail(&ctx->link, &i915->gem.contexts.list);
+	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+
 	return ctx;
 
 err_free:
@@ -372,11 +365,11 @@ static void __apply_ppgtt(struct intel_context *ce, void *vm)
 static struct i915_address_space *
 __set_ppgtt(struct i915_gem_context *ctx, struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
-	struct i915_address_space *old = ctx->vm;
+	struct i915_address_space *old = i915_gem_context_vm(ctx);
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(old && i915_vm_is_4lvl(vm) != i915_vm_is_4lvl(old));
 
-	ctx->vm = i915_vm_open(vm);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ctx->vm, i915_vm_open(vm));
 	context_apply_all(ctx, __apply_ppgtt, vm);
 
 	return old;
@@ -385,7 +378,7 @@ __set_ppgtt(struct i915_gem_context *ctx, struct i915_address_space *vm)
 static void __assign_ppgtt(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 			   struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
-	if (vm == ctx->vm)
+	if (vm == rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm))
 		return;
 
 	vm = __set_ppgtt(ctx, vm);
@@ -417,27 +410,25 @@ static void __assign_timeline(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 }
 
 static struct i915_gem_context *
-i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, unsigned int flags)
+i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	if (flags & I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_FLAGS_SINGLE_TIMELINE &&
-	    !HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv))
+	    !HAS_EXECLISTS(i915))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	/* Reap the most stale context */
-	contexts_free_first(dev_priv);
+	/* Reap the stale contexts */
+	contexts_flush_free(&i915->gem.contexts);
 
-	ctx = __create_context(dev_priv);
+	ctx = __create_context(i915);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return ctx;
 
-	if (HAS_FULL_PPGTT(dev_priv)) {
+	if (HAS_FULL_PPGTT(i915)) {
 		struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 
-		ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(dev_priv);
+		ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(i915);
 		if (IS_ERR(ppgtt)) {
 			DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("PPGTT setup failed (%ld)\n",
 					 PTR_ERR(ppgtt));
@@ -445,14 +436,17 @@ i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, unsigned int flags)
 			return ERR_CAST(ppgtt);
 		}
 
+		mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 		__assign_ppgtt(ctx, &ppgtt->vm);
+		mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+
 		i915_vm_put(&ppgtt->vm);
 	}
 
 	if (flags & I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_FLAGS_SINGLE_TIMELINE) {
 		struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 
-		timeline = intel_timeline_create(&dev_priv->gt, NULL);
+		timeline = intel_timeline_create(&i915->gt, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(timeline)) {
 			context_close(ctx);
 			return ERR_CAST(timeline);
@@ -497,42 +491,40 @@ i915_gem_context_create_kernel(struct drm_i915_private *i915, int prio)
 	return ctx;
 }
 
-static void init_contexts(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+static void init_contexts(struct i915_gem_contexts *gc)
 {
-	mutex_init(&i915->contexts.mutex);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&i915->contexts.list);
+	spin_lock_init(&gc->lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gc->list);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&i915->contexts.free_work, contexts_free_worker);
-	init_llist_head(&i915->contexts.free_list);
+	INIT_WORK(&gc->free_work, contexts_free_worker);
+	init_llist_head(&gc->free_list);
 }
 
-int i915_gem_contexts_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+int i915_gem_init_contexts(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 
 	/* Reassure ourselves we are only called once */
-	GEM_BUG_ON(dev_priv->kernel_context);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915->kernel_context);
 
-	init_contexts(dev_priv);
+	init_contexts(&i915->gem.contexts);
 
 	/* lowest priority; idle task */
-	ctx = i915_gem_context_create_kernel(dev_priv, I915_PRIORITY_MIN);
+	ctx = i915_gem_context_create_kernel(i915, I915_PRIORITY_MIN);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed to create default global context\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
 	}
-	dev_priv->kernel_context = ctx;
+	i915->kernel_context = ctx;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("%s context support initialized\n",
-			 DRIVER_CAPS(dev_priv)->has_logical_contexts ?
+			 DRIVER_CAPS(i915)->has_logical_contexts ?
 			 "logical" : "fake");
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void i915_gem_contexts_fini(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+void i915_gem_driver_release__contexts(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	destroy_kernel_context(&i915->kernel_context);
 }
 
@@ -551,11 +543,16 @@ static int vm_idr_cleanup(int id, void *p, void *data)
 static int gem_context_register(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 				struct drm_i915_file_private *fpriv)
 {
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	int ret;
 
 	ctx->file_priv = fpriv;
-	if (ctx->vm)
-		ctx->vm->file = fpriv;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_vm(ctx);
+	if (vm)
+		WRITE_ONCE(vm->file, fpriv); /* XXX */
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	ctx->pid = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
 	ctx->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s[%d]",
@@ -592,9 +589,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	idr_init(&file_priv->context_idr);
 	idr_init_base(&file_priv->vm_idr, 1);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx = i915_gem_create_context(i915, 0);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 		goto err;
@@ -622,6 +617,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_file *file)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv = file->driver_priv;
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = file_priv->dev_priv;
 
 	idr_for_each(&file_priv->context_idr, context_idr_cleanup, NULL);
 	idr_destroy(&file_priv->context_idr);
@@ -630,6 +626,8 @@ void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_file *file)
 	idr_for_each(&file_priv->vm_idr, vm_idr_cleanup, NULL);
 	idr_destroy(&file_priv->vm_idr);
 	mutex_destroy(&file_priv->vm_idr_lock);
+
+	contexts_flush_free(&i915->gem.contexts);
 }
 
 int i915_gem_vm_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
@@ -808,16 +806,12 @@ static int get_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv,
 	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!ctx->vm)
+	if (!rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* XXX rcu acquire? */
-	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	vm = i915_vm_get(ctx->vm);
-	mutex_unlock(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&file_priv->vm_idr_lock);
 	if (ret)
@@ -926,7 +920,7 @@ static int set_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv,
 	if (args->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!ctx->vm)
+	if (!rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (upper_32_bits(args->value))
@@ -940,17 +934,20 @@ static int set_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv,
 	if (!vm)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&ctx->mutex);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (vm == ctx->vm)
+	if (i915_gem_context_is_closed(ctx)) {
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (vm == rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm))
 		goto unlock;
 
 	/* Teardown the existing obj:vma cache, it will have to be rebuilt. */
-	mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 	lut_close(ctx);
-	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	old = __set_ppgtt(ctx, vm);
 
@@ -970,8 +967,7 @@ static int set_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv,
 	}
 
 unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&ctx->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 out:
 	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	return err;
@@ -1827,10 +1823,11 @@ static int clone_vm(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
 		    struct i915_gem_context *src)
 {
 	struct i915_address_space *vm;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	do {
-		vm = READ_ONCE(src->vm);
+		vm = rcu_dereference(src->vm);
 		if (!vm)
 			break;
 
@@ -1852,7 +1849,7 @@ static int clone_vm(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
 		 * it cannot be reallocated elsewhere.
 		 */
 
-		if (vm == READ_ONCE(src->vm))
+		if (vm == rcu_access_pointer(src->vm))
 			break;
 
 		i915_vm_put(vm);
@@ -1860,11 +1857,16 @@ static int clone_vm(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (vm) {
-		__assign_ppgtt(dst, vm);
+		if (!mutex_lock_interruptible(&dst->mutex)) {
+			__assign_ppgtt(dst, vm);
+			mutex_unlock(&dst->mutex);
+		} else {
+			err = -EINTR;
+		}
 		i915_vm_put(vm);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int create_clone(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext, void *data)
@@ -1954,12 +1956,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	ext_data.ctx = i915_gem_create_context(i915, args->flags);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(ext_data.ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(ext_data.ctx);
 
@@ -2086,10 +2083,12 @@ int i915_gem_context_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_GTT_SIZE:
 		args->size = 0;
-		if (ctx->vm)
-			args->value = ctx->vm->total;
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm))
+			args->value = rcu_dereference(ctx->vm)->total;
 		else
 			args->value = to_i915(dev)->ggtt.vm.total;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		break;
 
 	case I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_NO_ERROR_CAPTURE:
@@ -2155,7 +2154,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_setparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 int i915_gem_context_reset_stats_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 				       void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(dev);
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(dev);
 	struct drm_i915_reset_stats *args = data;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 	int ret;
@@ -2177,7 +2176,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_reset_stats_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	 */
 
 	if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		args->reset_count = i915_reset_count(&dev_priv->gpu_error);
+		args->reset_count = i915_reset_count(&i915->gpu_error);
 	else
 		args->reset_count = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h
index 50bc27d30c03..9234586830d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 
 #include "gt/intel_context.h"
 
+#include "i915_drv.h"
 #include "i915_gem.h"
+#include "i915_gem_gtt.h"
 #include "i915_scheduler.h"
 #include "intel_device_info.h"
 
@@ -118,8 +120,8 @@ static inline bool i915_gem_context_is_kernel(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /* i915_gem_context.c */
-int __must_check i915_gem_contexts_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
-void i915_gem_contexts_fini(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
+int __must_check i915_gem_init_contexts(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
+void i915_gem_driver_release__contexts(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 
 int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 			  struct drm_file *file);
@@ -158,6 +160,27 @@ static inline void i915_gem_context_put(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	kref_put(&ctx->ref, i915_gem_context_release);
 }
 
+static inline struct i915_address_space *
+i915_gem_context_vm(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
+{
+	return rcu_dereference_protected(ctx->vm, lockdep_is_held(&ctx->mutex));
+}
+
+static inline struct i915_address_space *
+i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	vm = rcu_dereference(ctx->vm);
+	if (!vm)
+		vm = &ctx->i915->ggtt.vm;
+	vm = i915_vm_get(vm);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return vm;
+}
+
 static inline struct i915_gem_engines *
 i915_gem_context_engines(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
index 87be27877e22..ab8e1367dfc8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context_types.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
 	 * In other modes, this is a NULL pointer with the expectation that
 	 * the caller uses the shared global GTT.
 	 */
-	struct i915_address_space *vm;
+	struct i915_address_space __rcu *vm;
 
 	/**
 	 * @pid: process id of creator
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 88a881be12ec..98816c35ffc3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int eb_select_context(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	eb->gem_context = ctx;
-	if (ctx->vm)
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm))
 		eb->invalid_flags |= EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_GTT;
 
 	eb->context_flags = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
index 1738a15eb911..4f970474013f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
@@ -758,7 +758,8 @@ i915_gem_userptr_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		 * On almost all of the older hw, we cannot tell the GPU that
 		 * a page is readonly.
 		 */
-		vm = dev_priv->kernel_context->vm;
+		vm = rcu_dereference_protected(dev_priv->kernel_context->vm,
+					       true); /* static vm */
 		if (!vm || !vm->has_read_only)
 			return -ENODEV;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
index 98b2a6ccfcc1..3314858f3046 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
@@ -1322,15 +1322,15 @@ static int igt_ppgtt_pin_update(void *arg)
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx = arg;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = ctx->i915;
 	unsigned long supported = INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->page_sizes;
-	struct i915_address_space *vm = ctx->vm;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	struct i915_gem_engines_iter it;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct intel_context *ce;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	unsigned int flags = PIN_USER | PIN_OFFSET_FIXED;
 	unsigned int n;
 	int first, last;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure there's no funny business when doing a PIN_UPDATE -- in the
@@ -1340,9 +1340,10 @@ static int igt_ppgtt_pin_update(void *arg)
 	 * huge-gtt-pages.
 	 */
 
-	if (!vm || !i915_vm_is_4lvl(vm)) {
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	if (!i915_vm_is_4lvl(vm)) {
 		pr_info("48b PPGTT not supported, skipping\n");
-		return 0;
+		goto out_vm;
 	}
 
 	first = ilog2(I915_GTT_PAGE_SIZE_64K);
@@ -1451,6 +1452,8 @@ static int igt_ppgtt_pin_update(void *arg)
 	i915_vma_close(vma);
 out_put:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
+out_vm:
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1460,7 +1463,7 @@ static int igt_tmpfs_fallback(void *arg)
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx = arg;
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = ctx->i915;
 	struct vfsmount *gemfs = i915->mm.gemfs;
-	struct i915_address_space *vm = ctx->vm ?: &i915->ggtt.vm;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	u32 *vaddr;
@@ -1510,6 +1513,7 @@ static int igt_tmpfs_fallback(void *arg)
 out_restore:
 	i915->mm.gemfs = gemfs;
 
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1517,14 +1521,14 @@ static int igt_shrink_thp(void *arg)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx = arg;
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = ctx->i915;
-	struct i915_address_space *vm = ctx->vm ?: &i915->ggtt.vm;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	struct i915_gem_engines_iter it;
 	struct intel_context *ce;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	unsigned int flags = PIN_USER;
 	unsigned int n;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Sanity check shrinking huge-paged object -- make sure nothing blows
@@ -1533,12 +1537,14 @@ static int igt_shrink_thp(void *arg)
 
 	if (!igt_can_allocate_thp(i915)) {
 		pr_info("missing THP support, skipping\n");
-		return 0;
+		goto out_vm;
 	}
 
 	obj = i915_gem_object_create_shmem(i915, SZ_2M);
-	if (IS_ERR(obj))
-		return PTR_ERR(obj);
+	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(obj);
+		goto out_vm;
+	}
 
 	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, vm, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
@@ -1607,6 +1613,8 @@ static int igt_shrink_thp(void *arg)
 	i915_vma_close(vma);
 out_put:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
+out_vm:
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1675,6 +1683,7 @@ int i915_gem_huge_page_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	};
 	struct drm_file *file;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	intel_wakeref_t wakeref;
 	int err;
 
@@ -1699,8 +1708,11 @@ int i915_gem_huge_page_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (ctx->vm)
-		ctx->vm->scrub_64K = true;
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_vm(ctx);
+	if (vm)
+		WRITE_ONCE(vm->scrub_64K, true);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	err = i915_subtests(tests, ctx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
index 2fb31ada2fa7..d44fa9d356f1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -53,19 +53,17 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	ctx = kcalloc(nctx, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	for (n = 0; n < nctx; n++) {
 		ctx[n] = live_context(i915, file);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx[n])) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(ctx[n]);
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out_file;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 			rq = igt_request_alloc(ctx[n], engine);
 			if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(rq);
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 			i915_request_add(rq);
 		}
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 			pr_err("Failed to populated %d contexts\n", nctx);
 			intel_gt_set_wedged(&i915->gt);
 			err = -EIO;
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out_file;
 		}
 
 		times[1] = ktime_get_raw();
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 
 		err = igt_live_test_begin(&t, i915, __func__, engine->name);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out_file;
 
 		end_time = jiffies + i915_selftest.timeout_jiffies;
 		for_each_prime_number_from(prime, 2, 8192) {
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 				rq = igt_request_alloc(ctx[n % nctx], engine);
 				if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 					err = PTR_ERR(rq);
-					goto out_unlock;
+					goto out_file;
 				}
 
 				/*
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 
 		err = igt_live_test_end(&t);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out_file;
 
 		pr_info("Switch latencies on %s: 1 = %lluns, %lu = %lluns\n",
 			engine->name,
@@ -151,8 +149,7 @@ static int live_nop_switch(void *arg)
 			prime - 1, div64_u64(ktime_to_ns(times[1]), prime - 1));
 	}
 
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+out_file:
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -253,12 +250,10 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	ctx = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
-		goto out_locked;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	engines = i915_gem_context_lock_engines(ctx);
@@ -268,7 +263,7 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 	if (!data) {
 		i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_locked;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	m = 0; /* Use the first context as our template for the engines */
@@ -276,7 +271,7 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 		err = intel_context_pin(ce);
 		if (err) {
 			i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
-			goto out_locked;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		data[m++].ce[0] = intel_context_get(ce);
 	}
@@ -287,7 +282,7 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 		ctx = live_context(i915, file);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
-			goto out_locked;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		for (m = 0; m < count; m++) {
@@ -296,20 +291,18 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 
 			ce = intel_context_create(ctx, data[m].ce[0]->engine);
 			if (IS_ERR(ce))
-				goto out_locked;
+				goto out;
 
 			err = intel_context_pin(ce);
 			if (err) {
 				intel_context_put(ce);
-				goto out_locked;
+				goto out;
 			}
 
 			data[m].ce[n] = ce;
 		}
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	for (fn = func; !err && *fn; fn++) {
 		struct igt_live_test t;
 		int n;
@@ -354,8 +347,7 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 		mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-out_locked:
+out:
 	for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
 		for (m = 0; m < ARRAY_SIZE(data->ce); m++) {
 			if (!data[n].ce[m])
@@ -365,8 +357,8 @@ static int live_parallel_switch(void *arg)
 			intel_context_put(data[n].ce[m]);
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	kfree(data);
+out_file:
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -626,11 +618,9 @@ static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 		if (IS_ERR(file))
 			return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-		mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 		err = igt_live_test_begin(&t, i915, __func__, engine->name);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out_file;
 
 		ncontexts = 0;
 		ndwords = 0;
@@ -642,7 +632,7 @@ static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 			ctx = kernel_context(i915);
 			if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 
 			ce = i915_gem_context_get_engine(ctx, engine->legacy_idx);
@@ -654,7 +644,7 @@ static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 					err = PTR_ERR(obj);
 					intel_context_put(ce);
 					kernel_context_close(ctx);
-					goto out_unlock;
+					goto out_file;
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -663,17 +653,18 @@ static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 				pr_err("Failed to fill dword %lu [%lu/%lu] with gpu (%s) [full-ppgtt? %s], err=%d\n",
 				       ndwords, dw, max_dwords(obj),
 				       engine->name,
-				       yesno(!!ctx->vm), err);
+				       yesno(!!rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm)),
+				       err);
 				intel_context_put(ce);
 				kernel_context_close(ctx);
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 
 			err = throttle(ce, tq, ARRAY_SIZE(tq));
 			if (err) {
 				intel_context_put(ce);
 				kernel_context_close(ctx);
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 
 			if (++dw == max_dwords(obj)) {
@@ -703,11 +694,10 @@ static int igt_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 			dw += rem;
 		}
 
-out_unlock:
+out_file:
 		throttle_release(tq, ARRAY_SIZE(tq));
 		if (igt_live_test_end(&t))
 			err = -EIO;
-		mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 		mock_file_free(i915, file);
 		if (err)
@@ -742,22 +732,20 @@ static int igt_shared_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	parent = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(parent)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(parent);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	if (!parent->vm) { /* not full-ppgtt; nothing to share */
 		err = 0;
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	err = igt_live_test_begin(&t, i915, __func__, "");
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
 		unsigned long ncontexts, ndwords, dw;
@@ -781,7 +769,9 @@ static int igt_shared_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 				goto out_test;
 			}
 
+			mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 			__assign_ppgtt(ctx, parent->vm);
+			mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 			ce = i915_gem_context_get_engine(ctx, engine->legacy_idx);
 			GEM_BUG_ON(IS_ERR(ce));
@@ -801,7 +791,8 @@ static int igt_shared_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 				pr_err("Failed to fill dword %lu [%lu/%lu] with gpu (%s) [full-ppgtt? %s], err=%d\n",
 				       ndwords, dw, max_dwords(obj),
 				       engine->name,
-				       yesno(!!ctx->vm), err);
+				       yesno(!!rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm)),
+				       err);
 				intel_context_put(ce);
 				kernel_context_close(ctx);
 				goto out_test;
@@ -840,17 +831,13 @@ static int igt_shared_ctx_exec(void *arg)
 			dw += rem;
 		}
 
-		mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		i915_gem_drain_freed_objects(i915);
-		mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	}
 out_test:
 	throttle_release(tq, ARRAY_SIZE(tq));
 	if (igt_live_test_end(&t))
 		err = -EIO;
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
+out_file:
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1222,8 +1209,6 @@ __igt_ctx_sseu(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	if (flags & TEST_RESET)
 		igt_global_reset_lock(&i915->gt);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	ctx = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx);
@@ -1278,8 +1263,6 @@ __igt_ctx_sseu(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 
 out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	if (flags & TEST_RESET)
 		igt_global_reset_unlock(&i915->gt);
 
@@ -1339,23 +1322,24 @@ static int igt_ctx_readonly(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	err = igt_live_test_begin(&t, i915, __func__, "");
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 
 	ctx = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
-	vm = ctx->vm ?: &i915->ggtt.alias->vm;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	vm = rcu_dereference(ctx->vm) ?: &i915->ggtt.alias->vm;
 	if (!vm || !vm->has_read_only) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = 0;
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	ndwords = 0;
 	dw = 0;
@@ -1373,7 +1357,7 @@ static int igt_ctx_readonly(void *arg)
 				if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
 					err = PTR_ERR(obj);
 					i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
-					goto out_unlock;
+					goto out_file;
 				}
 
 				if (prandom_u32_state(&prng) & 1)
@@ -1384,15 +1368,17 @@ static int igt_ctx_readonly(void *arg)
 			if (err) {
 				pr_err("Failed to fill dword %lu [%lu/%lu] with gpu (%s) [full-ppgtt? %s], err=%d\n",
 				       ndwords, dw, max_dwords(obj),
-				       ce->engine->name, yesno(!!ctx->vm), err);
+				       ce->engine->name,
+				       yesno(!!rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm)),
+				       err);
 				i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 
 			err = throttle(ce, tq, ARRAY_SIZE(tq));
 			if (err) {
 				i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 
 			if (++dw == max_dwords(obj)) {
@@ -1424,20 +1410,19 @@ static int igt_ctx_readonly(void *arg)
 		dw += rem;
 	}
 
-out_unlock:
+out_file:
 	throttle_release(tq, ARRAY_SIZE(tq));
 	if (igt_live_test_end(&t))
 		err = -EIO;
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int check_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx, u64 offset)
+static int check_scratch(struct i915_address_space *vm, u64 offset)
 {
 	struct drm_mm_node *node =
-		__drm_mm_interval_first(&ctx->vm->mm,
+		__drm_mm_interval_first(&vm->mm,
 					offset, offset + sizeof(u32) - 1);
 	if (!node || node->start > offset)
 		return 0;
@@ -1455,6 +1440,7 @@ static int write_to_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = ctx->i915;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct i915_request *rq;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	u32 *cmd;
@@ -1487,17 +1473,18 @@ static int write_to_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 
 	intel_gt_chipset_flush(engine->gt);
 
-	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, ctx->vm, NULL);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, vm, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vma);
-		goto err;
+		goto err_vm;
 	}
 
 	err = i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, 0, PIN_USER | PIN_OFFSET_FIXED);
 	if (err)
-		goto err;
+		goto err_vm;
 
-	err = check_scratch(ctx, offset);
+	err = check_scratch(vm, offset);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_unpin;
 
@@ -1523,6 +1510,7 @@ static int write_to_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 
 	i915_request_add(rq);
 
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	return 0;
 
 skip_request:
@@ -1531,6 +1519,8 @@ static int write_to_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	i915_request_add(rq);
 err_unpin:
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+err_vm:
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 err:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 	return err;
@@ -1542,6 +1532,7 @@ static int read_from_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = ctx->i915;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	const u32 RCS_GPR0 = 0x2600; /* not all engines have their own GPR! */
 	const u32 result = 0x100;
 	struct i915_request *rq;
@@ -1586,17 +1577,18 @@ static int read_from_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 
 	intel_gt_chipset_flush(engine->gt);
 
-	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, ctx->vm, NULL);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, vm, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vma);
-		goto err;
+		goto err_vm;
 	}
 
 	err = i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, 0, PIN_USER | PIN_OFFSET_FIXED);
 	if (err)
-		goto err;
+		goto err_vm;
 
-	err = check_scratch(ctx, offset);
+	err = check_scratch(vm, offset);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_unpin;
 
@@ -1627,12 +1619,12 @@ static int read_from_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	err = i915_gem_object_set_to_cpu_domain(obj, false);
 	i915_gem_object_unlock(obj);
 	if (err)
-		goto err;
+		goto err_vm;
 
 	cmd = i915_gem_object_pin_map(obj, I915_MAP_WB);
 	if (IS_ERR(cmd)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(cmd);
-		goto err;
+		goto err_vm;
 	}
 
 	*value = cmd[result / sizeof(*cmd)];
@@ -1647,6 +1639,8 @@ static int read_from_scratch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 	i915_request_add(rq);
 err_unpin:
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+err_vm:
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 err:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 	return err;
@@ -1677,27 +1671,25 @@ static int igt_vm_isolation(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	err = igt_live_test_begin(&t, i915, __func__, "");
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 
 	ctx_a = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx_a)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx_a);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	ctx_b = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx_b)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx_b);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	/* We can only test vm isolation, if the vm are distinct */
 	if (ctx_a->vm == ctx_b->vm)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 
 	vm_total = ctx_a->vm->total;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(ctx_b->vm->total != vm_total);
@@ -1726,7 +1718,7 @@ static int igt_vm_isolation(void *arg)
 				err = read_from_scratch(ctx_b, engine,
 							offset, &value);
 			if (err)
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 
 			if (value) {
 				pr_err("%s: Read %08x from scratch (offset 0x%08x_%08x), after %lu reads!\n",
@@ -1735,7 +1727,7 @@ static int igt_vm_isolation(void *arg)
 				       lower_32_bits(offset),
 				       this);
 				err = -EINVAL;
-				goto out_unlock;
+				goto out_file;
 			}
 
 			this++;
@@ -1745,11 +1737,9 @@ static int igt_vm_isolation(void *arg)
 	pr_info("Checked %lu scratch offsets across %d engines\n",
 		count, RUNTIME_INFO(i915)->num_engines);
 
-out_unlock:
+out_file:
 	if (igt_live_test_end(&t))
 		err = -EIO;
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1781,13 +1771,9 @@ static int mock_context_barrier(void *arg)
 	 * a request; useful for retiring old state after loading new.
 	 */
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	ctx = mock_context(i915, "mock");
-	if (!ctx) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto unlock;
-	}
+	if (!ctx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	counter = 0;
 	err = context_barrier_task(ctx, 0,
@@ -1860,8 +1846,6 @@ static int mock_context_barrier(void *arg)
 
 out:
 	mock_context_close(ctx);
-unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	return err;
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(x) x
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/mock_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/mock_context.c
index 0104f16b1327..74ddd682c9cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/mock_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/mock_context.c
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ mock_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		if (!ppgtt)
 			goto err_put;
 
+		mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 		__set_ppgtt(ctx, &ppgtt->vm);
+		mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+
 		i915_vm_put(&ppgtt->vm);
 	}
 
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ void mock_context_close(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 
 void mock_init_contexts(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
-	init_contexts(i915);
+	init_contexts(&i915->gem.contexts);
 }
 
 struct i915_gem_context *
@@ -74,8 +77,6 @@ live_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915, struct drm_file *file)
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 	int err;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	ctx = i915_gem_create_context(i915, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return ctx;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index 35a40c2820a2..be34d97ac18f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -221,12 +221,20 @@ intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce,
 		   struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		   struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
+
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!engine->cops);
 
 	kref_init(&ce->ref);
 
 	ce->gem_context = ctx;
-	ce->vm = i915_vm_get(ctx->vm ?: &engine->gt->ggtt->vm);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	vm = rcu_dereference(ctx->vm);
+	if (vm)
+		ce->vm = i915_vm_get(vm);
+	else
+		ce->vm = i915_vm_get(&engine->gt->ggtt->vm);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (ctx->timeline)
 		ce->timeline = intel_timeline_get(ctx->timeline);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c
index 86cffbb0a9cb..7c838a57e174 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c
@@ -155,13 +155,9 @@ static int live_context_size(void *arg)
 	 * HW tries to write past the end of one.
 	 */
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	fixme = kernel_context(gt->i915);
-	if (IS_ERR(fixme)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(fixme);
-		goto unlock;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(fixme))
+		return PTR_ERR(fixme);
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, gt->i915, id) {
 		struct {
@@ -201,8 +197,6 @@ static int live_context_size(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	kernel_context_close(fixme);
-unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -305,12 +299,10 @@ static int live_active_context(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	fixme = live_context(gt->i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(fixme)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(fixme);
-		goto unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, gt->i915, id) {
@@ -323,8 +315,7 @@ static int live_active_context(void *arg)
 			break;
 	}
 
-unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+out_file:
 	mock_file_free(gt->i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -418,12 +409,10 @@ static int live_remote_context(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	fixme = live_context(gt->i915, file);
 	if (IS_ERR(fixme)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(fixme);
-		goto unlock;
+		goto out_file;
 	}
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, gt->i915, id) {
@@ -436,8 +425,7 @@ static int live_remote_context(void *arg)
 			break;
 	}
 
-unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+out_file:
 	mock_file_free(gt->i915, file);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
index ffbb3d23b887..e8a40df79bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ static int hang_init(struct hang *h, struct intel_gt *gt)
 	memset(h, 0, sizeof(*h));
 	h->gt = gt;
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	h->ctx = kernel_context(gt->i915);
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(h->ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(h->ctx);
 
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ static struct i915_request *
 hang_create_request(struct hang *h, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_gt *gt = h->gt;
-	struct i915_address_space *vm = h->ctx->vm ?: &engine->gt->ggtt->vm;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(h->ctx);
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	struct i915_request *rq = NULL;
 	struct i915_vma *hws, *vma;
@@ -143,12 +141,15 @@ hang_create_request(struct hang *h, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	int err;
 
 	obj = i915_gem_object_create_internal(gt->i915, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (IS_ERR(obj))
+	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);
+	}
 
 	vaddr = i915_gem_object_pin_map(obj, i915_coherent_map_type(gt->i915));
 	if (IS_ERR(vaddr)) {
 		i915_gem_object_put(obj);
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 		return ERR_CAST(vaddr);
 	}
 
@@ -159,16 +160,22 @@ hang_create_request(struct hang *h, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	h->batch = vaddr;
 
 	vma = i915_vma_instance(h->obj, vm, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(vma))
+	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 		return ERR_CAST(vma);
+	}
 
 	hws = i915_vma_instance(h->hws, vm, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(hws))
+	if (IS_ERR(hws)) {
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 		return ERR_CAST(hws);
+	}
 
 	err = i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, 0, PIN_USER);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
 	err = i915_vma_pin(hws, 0, 0, PIN_USER);
 	if (err)
@@ -266,6 +273,7 @@ hang_create_request(struct hang *h, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	i915_vma_unpin(hws);
 unpin_vma:
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	return err ? ERR_PTR(err) : rq;
 }
 
@@ -382,9 +390,7 @@ static int igt_reset_nop(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx = live_context(gt->i915, file);
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 		goto out;
@@ -458,9 +464,7 @@ static int igt_reset_nop_engine(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx = live_context(gt->i915, file);
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 		goto out;
@@ -705,9 +709,7 @@ static int active_engine(void *data)
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
 	for (count = 0; count < ARRAY_SIZE(ctx); count++) {
-		mutex_lock(&engine->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		ctx[count] = live_context(engine->i915, file);
-		mutex_unlock(&engine->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx[count])) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(ctx[count]);
 			while (--count)
@@ -1291,6 +1293,7 @@ static int igt_reset_evict_ppgtt(void *arg)
 {
 	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct drm_file *file;
 	int err;
 
@@ -1298,18 +1301,20 @@ static int igt_reset_evict_ppgtt(void *arg)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx = live_context(gt->i915, file);
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	err = 0;
-	if (ctx->vm) /* aliasing == global gtt locking, covered above */
-		err = __igt_reset_evict_vma(gt, ctx->vm,
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	if (!i915_is_ggtt(vm)) {
+		/* aliasing == global gtt locking, covered above */
+		err = __igt_reset_evict_vma(gt, vm,
 					    evict_vma, EXEC_OBJECT_WRITE);
+	}
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 
 out:
 	mock_file_free(gt->i915, file);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 04c1cf573642..8dc42c5c7569 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,11 @@ static int smoke_submit(struct preempt_smoke *smoke,
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (batch) {
-		vma = i915_vma_instance(batch, ctx->vm, NULL);
+		struct i915_address_space *vm;
+
+		vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+		vma = i915_vma_instance(batch, vm, NULL);
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 		if (IS_ERR(vma))
 			return PTR_ERR(vma);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_workarounds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_workarounds.c
index 4ee2e2babd0d..7c7aceb85a74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_workarounds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_workarounds.c
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ switch_to_scratch_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		rq = igt_spinner_create_request(spin, ce, MI_NOOP);
 
 	intel_context_put(ce);
-	kernel_context_close(ctx);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		spin = NULL;
@@ -279,6 +278,7 @@ switch_to_scratch_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (err && spin)
 		igt_spinner_end(spin);
 
+	kernel_context_close(ctx);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static int check_whitelist_across_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 static struct i915_vma *create_batch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	int err;
 
@@ -362,7 +363,9 @@ static struct i915_vma *create_batch(struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 	if (IS_ERR(obj))
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);
 
-	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, ctx->vm, NULL);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, vm, NULL);
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vma);
 		goto err_obj;
@@ -463,12 +466,15 @@ static int check_dirty_whitelist(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		0xffff00ff,
 		0xffffffff,
 	};
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct i915_vma *scratch;
 	struct i915_vma *batch;
 	int err = 0, i, v;
 	u32 *cs, *results;
 
-	scratch = create_scratch(ctx->vm, 2 * ARRAY_SIZE(values) + 1);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	scratch = create_scratch(vm, 2 * ARRAY_SIZE(values) + 1);
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	if (IS_ERR(scratch))
 		return PTR_ERR(scratch);
 
@@ -1010,6 +1016,7 @@ static int live_isolated_whitelist(void *arg)
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(client); i++) {
+		struct i915_address_space *vm;
 		struct i915_gem_context *c;
 
 		c = kernel_context(i915);
@@ -1018,22 +1025,27 @@ static int live_isolated_whitelist(void *arg)
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		client[i].scratch[0] = create_scratch(c->vm, 1024);
+		vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(c);
+
+		client[i].scratch[0] = create_scratch(vm, 1024);
 		if (IS_ERR(client[i].scratch[0])) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(client[i].scratch[0]);
+			i915_vm_put(vm);
 			kernel_context_close(c);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		client[i].scratch[1] = create_scratch(c->vm, 1024);
+		client[i].scratch[1] = create_scratch(vm, 1024);
 		if (IS_ERR(client[i].scratch[1])) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(client[i].scratch[1]);
 			i915_vma_unpin_and_release(&client[i].scratch[0], 0);
+			i915_vm_put(vm);
 			kernel_context_close(c);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
 		client[i].ctx = c;
+		i915_vm_put(vm);
 	}
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 03f567084548..6850f1f40241 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@ static void set_context_ppgtt_from_shadow(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload,
 					  struct i915_gem_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct intel_vgpu_mm *mm = workload->shadow_mm;
-	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(ctx->vm);
+	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt =
+		i915_vm_to_ppgtt(i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx));
 	int i = 0;
 
 	if (mm->ppgtt_mm.root_entry_type == GTT_TYPE_PPGTT_ROOT_L4_ENTRY) {
@@ -378,6 +379,8 @@ static void set_context_ppgtt_from_shadow(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload,
 			px_dma(pd) = mm->ppgtt_mm.shadow_pdps[i];
 		}
 	}
+
+	i915_vm_put(&ppgtt->vm);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1230,20 +1233,18 @@ int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 	struct intel_vgpu_submission *s = &vgpu->submission;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
+	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 	enum intel_engine_id i;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	ctx = i915_gem_context_create_kernel(i915, I915_PRIORITY_MAX);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx);
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
+		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
 
 	i915_gem_context_set_force_single_submission(ctx);
 
-	i915_context_ppgtt_root_save(s, i915_vm_to_ppgtt(ctx->vm));
+	ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx));
+	i915_context_ppgtt_root_save(s, ppgtt);
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, i) {
 		struct intel_context *ce;
@@ -1288,12 +1289,12 @@ int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 	atomic_set(&s->running_workload_num, 0);
 	bitmap_zero(s->tlb_handle_pending, I915_NUM_ENGINES);
 
+	i915_vm_put(&ppgtt->vm);
 	i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	return 0;
 
 out_shadow_ctx:
-	i915_context_ppgtt_root_restore(s, i915_vm_to_ppgtt(ctx->vm));
+	i915_context_ppgtt_root_restore(s, ppgtt);
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, i) {
 		if (IS_ERR(s->shadow[i]))
 			break;
@@ -1301,9 +1302,8 @@ int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 		intel_context_unpin(s->shadow[i]);
 		intel_context_put(s->shadow[i]);
 	}
+	i915_vm_put(&ppgtt->vm);
 	i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 0e90ac608e07..b04cebc26eca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -316,12 +316,18 @@ static void print_context_stats(struct seq_file *m,
 				struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct file_stats kstats = {};
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx, *cn;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &i915->contexts.list, link) {
+	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, cn, &i915->gem.contexts.list, link) {
 		struct i915_gem_engines_iter it;
 		struct intel_context *ce;
 
+		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&ctx->ref))
+			continue;
+
+		spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+
 		for_each_gem_engine(ce,
 				    i915_gem_context_lock_engines(ctx), it) {
 			intel_context_lock_pinned(ce);
@@ -338,7 +344,9 @@ static void print_context_stats(struct seq_file *m,
 		i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
 
 		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ctx->file_priv)) {
-			struct file_stats stats = { .vm = ctx->vm, };
+			struct file_stats stats = {
+				.vm = rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm),
+			};
 			struct drm_file *file = ctx->file_priv->file;
 			struct task_struct *task;
 			char name[80];
@@ -355,7 +363,12 @@ static void print_context_stats(struct seq_file *m,
 
 			print_file_stats(m, name, stats);
 		}
+
+		spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+		list_safe_reset_next(ctx, cn, link);
+		i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 
 	print_file_stats(m, "[k]contexts", kstats);
 }
@@ -363,7 +376,6 @@ static void print_context_stats(struct seq_file *m,
 static int i915_gem_object_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = node_to_i915(m->private);
-	int ret;
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%u shrinkable [%u free] objects, %llu bytes\n",
 		   i915->mm.shrink_count,
@@ -372,12 +384,7 @@ static int i915_gem_object_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 
-	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	print_context_stats(m, i915);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1579,19 +1586,19 @@ static void describe_ctx_ring(struct seq_file *m, struct intel_ring *ring)
 
 static int i915_context_status(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = node_to_i915(m->private);
-	struct drm_device *dev = &dev_priv->drm;
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = node_to_i915(m->private);
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx, *cn;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &dev_priv->contexts.list, link) {
+	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, cn, &i915->gem.contexts.list, link) {
 		struct i915_gem_engines_iter it;
 		struct intel_context *ce;
 
+		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&ctx->ref))
+			continue;
+
+		spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+
 		seq_puts(m, "HW context ");
 		if (ctx->pid) {
 			struct task_struct *task;
@@ -1626,9 +1633,12 @@ static int i915_context_status(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 		i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(ctx);
 
 		seq_putc(m, '\n');
-	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+		spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+		list_safe_reset_next(ctx, cn, link);
+		i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 5323e4fa55d9..024da582ba0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1665,10 +1665,8 @@ static void i915_driver_postclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv = file->driver_priv;
 
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	i915_gem_context_close(file);
 	i915_gem_release(dev, file);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	kfree_rcu(file_priv, rcu);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 6bdcffbf1b9b..35b610d52379 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1536,13 +1536,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 	int audio_power_refcount;
 	u32 audio_freq_cntrl;
 
-	struct {
-		struct mutex mutex;
-		struct list_head list;
-		struct llist_head free_list;
-		struct work_struct free_work;
-	} contexts;
-
 	u32 fdi_rx_config;
 
 	/* Shadow for DISPLAY_PHY_CONTROL which can't be safely read */
@@ -1698,6 +1691,14 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 
 	struct {
 		struct notifier_block pm_notifier;
+
+		struct i915_gem_contexts {
+			spinlock_t lock; /* locks list */
+			struct list_head list;
+
+			struct llist_head free_list;
+			struct work_struct free_work;
+		} contexts;
 	} gem;
 
 	/* For i945gm vblank irq vs. C3 workaround */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 5a664bdead8c..f6db415985d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ int i915_gem_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ret = i915_gem_contexts_init(dev_priv);
+	ret = i915_gem_init_contexts(dev_priv);
 	if (ret) {
 		GEM_BUG_ON(ret == -EIO);
 		goto err_scratch;
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ int i915_gem_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	}
 err_context:
 	if (ret != -EIO)
-		i915_gem_contexts_fini(dev_priv);
+		i915_gem_driver_release__contexts(dev_priv);
 err_scratch:
 	intel_gt_driver_release(&dev_priv->gt);
 err_unlock:
@@ -1416,11 +1416,9 @@ void i915_gem_driver_remove(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 void i915_gem_driver_release(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	intel_engines_cleanup(dev_priv);
-	i915_gem_contexts_fini(dev_priv);
+	i915_gem_driver_release__contexts(dev_priv);
 	intel_gt_driver_release(&dev_priv->gt);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	intel_wa_list_free(&dev_priv->gt_wa_list);
 
@@ -1430,7 +1428,7 @@ void i915_gem_driver_release(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	i915_gem_drain_freed_objects(dev_priv);
 
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev_priv->contexts.list));
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev_priv->gem.contexts.list));
 }
 
 void i915_gem_init_mmio(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 1d26634ca597..7b15bb891970 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,9 @@ static int gen8_init_scratch(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 	if (vm->has_read_only &&
 	    vm->i915->kernel_context &&
 	    vm->i915->kernel_context->vm) {
-		struct i915_address_space *clone = vm->i915->kernel_context->vm;
+		struct i915_address_space *clone =
+			rcu_dereference_protected(vm->i915->kernel_context->vm,
+						  true); /* static */
 
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!clone->has_read_only);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index ecfbc37b738b..231388d06c82 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -1853,8 +1853,8 @@ static int gen8_configure_all_contexts(struct i915_perf_stream *stream,
 	};
 #undef ctx_flexeuN
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	int i;
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx, *cn;
+	int i, err;
 
 	for (i = 2; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++)
 		regs[i].value = oa_config_flex_reg(oa_config, regs[i].reg);
@@ -1877,16 +1877,27 @@ static int gen8_configure_all_contexts(struct i915_perf_stream *stream,
 	 * context. Contexts idle at the time of reconfiguration are not
 	 * trapped behind the barrier.
 	 */
-	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &i915->contexts.list, link) {
-		int err;
-
+	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, cn, &i915->gem.contexts.list, link) {
 		if (ctx == i915->kernel_context)
 			continue;
 
+		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&ctx->ref))
+			continue;
+
+		spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+
 		err = gen8_configure_context(ctx, regs, ARRAY_SIZE(regs));
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
 			return err;
+		}
+
+		spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+		list_safe_reset_next(ctx, cn, link);
+		i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * After updating all other contexts, we need to modify ourselves.
@@ -1895,7 +1906,6 @@ static int gen8_configure_all_contexts(struct i915_perf_stream *stream,
 	 */
 	for_each_uabi_engine(engine, i915) {
 		struct intel_context *ce = engine->kernel_context;
-		int err;
 
 		if (engine->class != RENDER_CLASS)
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
index 1e08c5961535..bf039b8ba593 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
@@ -176,16 +176,12 @@ i915_l3_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	count = min_t(size_t, GEN7_L3LOG_SIZE - offset, count);
 	memset(buf, 0, count);
 
-	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(&i915->drm);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
+	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 	if (i915->l3_parity.remap_info[slice])
 		memcpy(buf,
 		       i915->l3_parity.remap_info[slice] + offset / sizeof(u32),
 		       count);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
 
 	return count;
 }
@@ -198,8 +194,8 @@ i915_l3_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct device *kdev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = kdev_minor_to_i915(kdev);
 	int slice = (int)(uintptr_t)attr->private;
+	u32 *remap_info, *freeme = NULL;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	u32 **remap_info;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = l3_access_valid(i915, offset);
@@ -209,37 +205,36 @@ i915_l3_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (count < sizeof(u32))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(&i915->drm);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	remap_info = kzalloc(GEN7_L3LOG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!remap_info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	remap_info = &i915->l3_parity.remap_info[slice];
-	if (!*remap_info) {
-		*remap_info = kzalloc(GEN7_L3LOG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!*remap_info) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
+	spin_lock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+
+	if (i915->l3_parity.remap_info[slice]) {
+		freeme = remap_info;
+		remap_info = i915->l3_parity.remap_info[slice];
+	} else {
+		i915->l3_parity.remap_info[slice] = remap_info;
 	}
 
 	count = round_down(count, sizeof(u32));
-	memcpy(*remap_info + offset / sizeof(u32), buf, count);
+	memcpy(remap_info + offset / sizeof(u32), buf, count);
 
 	/* NB: We defer the remapping until we switch to the context */
-	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &i915->contexts.list, link)
+	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &i915->gem.contexts.list, link)
 		ctx->remap_slice |= BIT(slice);
 
+	spin_unlock(&i915->gem.contexts.lock);
+	kfree(freeme);
+
 	/*
 	 * TODO: Ideally we really want a GPU reset here to make sure errors
 	 * aren't propagated. Since I cannot find a stable way to reset the GPU
 	 * at this point it is left as a TODO.
 	*/
 
-	ret = count;
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
-	return ret;
+	return count;
 }
 
 static const struct bin_attribute dpf_attrs = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
index 1f2cf6cfafb5..7ef7a1e1664c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(i915_context,
 	TP_fast_assign(
 			__entry->dev = ctx->i915->drm.primary->index;
 			__entry->ctx = ctx;
-			__entry->vm = ctx->vm;
+			__entry->vm = rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm);
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("dev=%u, ctx=%p, ctx_vm=%p",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem.c
index 0346c3e5b6b6..bfa40a5b6d98 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem.c
@@ -138,11 +138,9 @@ static int igt_gem_suspend(void *arg)
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (!IS_ERR(ctx))
 		err = switch_to_context(i915, ctx);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -157,9 +155,7 @@ static int igt_gem_suspend(void *arg)
 
 	pm_resume(i915);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	err = switch_to_context(i915, ctx);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 out:
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
@@ -177,11 +173,9 @@ static int igt_gem_hibernate(void *arg)
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx = live_context(i915, file);
 	if (!IS_ERR(ctx))
 		err = switch_to_context(i915, ctx);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -196,9 +190,7 @@ static int igt_gem_hibernate(void *arg)
 
 	pm_resume(i915);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	err = switch_to_context(i915, ctx);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 out:
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
index f39f0282e78c..0af9a58d011d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ static int igt_evict_contexts(void *arg)
 		}
 
 		count = 0;
-		mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		onstack_fence_init(&fence);
 		do {
 			struct i915_request *rq;
@@ -510,8 +509,6 @@ static int igt_evict_contexts(void *arg)
 			count++;
 			err = 0;
 		} while(1);
-		mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 		onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
 		pr_info("Submitted %lu contexts/requests on %s\n",
 			count, engine->name);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c
index e40e6cfa51f1..8d8121c02161 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ static int exercise_mock(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 				     unsigned long end_time))
 {
 	const u64 limit = totalram_pages() << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 	IGT_TIMEOUT(end_time);
 	int err;
@@ -1254,7 +1255,9 @@ static int exercise_mock(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = func(i915, ctx->vm, 0, min(ctx->vm->total, limit), end_time);
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	err = func(i915, vm, 0, min(vm->total, limit), end_time);
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 
 	mock_context_close(ctx);
 	return err;
@@ -1801,15 +1804,15 @@ static int igt_cs_tlb(void *arg)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	vm = ctx->vm;
-	if (!vm)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
+	if (i915_is_ggtt(vm))
+		goto out_vm;
 
 	/* Create two pages; dummy we prefill the TLB, and intended */
 	bbe = i915_gem_object_create_internal(i915, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(bbe)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(bbe);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_vm;
 	}
 
 	batch = i915_gem_object_pin_map(bbe, I915_MAP_WC);
@@ -2014,6 +2017,8 @@ static int igt_cs_tlb(void *arg)
 	i915_gem_object_put(act);
 out_put_bbe:
 	i915_gem_object_put(bbe);
+out_vm:
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	mock_file_free(i915, file);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
index d7d68c6a6bd5..0897a7b04944 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
@@ -181,9 +181,7 @@ static int igt_request_rewind(void *arg)
 	struct intel_context *ce;
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx[0] = mock_context(i915, "A");
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	ce = i915_gem_context_get_engine(ctx[0], RCS0);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(IS_ERR(ce));
@@ -197,9 +195,7 @@ static int igt_request_rewind(void *arg)
 	i915_request_get(request);
 	i915_request_add(request);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	ctx[1] = mock_context(i915, "B");
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
 	ce = i915_gem_context_get_engine(ctx[1], RCS0);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(IS_ERR(ce));
@@ -438,9 +434,7 @@ static int mock_breadcrumbs_smoketest(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	for (n = 0; n < t.ncontexts; n++) {
-		mutex_lock(&t.engine->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		t.contexts[n] = mock_context(t.engine->i915, "mock");
-		mutex_unlock(&t.engine->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		if (!t.contexts[n]) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_contexts;
@@ -734,9 +728,9 @@ static int live_empty_request(void *arg)
 static struct i915_vma *recursive_batch(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx = i915->kernel_context;
-	struct i915_address_space *vm = ctx->vm ?: &i915->ggtt.vm;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	const int gen = INTEL_GEN(i915);
+	struct i915_address_space *vm;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	u32 *cmd;
 	int err;
@@ -745,7 +739,9 @@ static struct i915_vma *recursive_batch(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	if (IS_ERR(obj))
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);
 
+	vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
 	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, vm, NULL);
+	i915_vm_put(vm);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vma);
 		goto err;
@@ -1220,9 +1216,7 @@ static int live_breadcrumbs_smoketest(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	for (n = 0; n < t[0].ncontexts; n++) {
-		mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		t[0].contexts[n] = live_context(i915, file);
-		mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 		if (!t[0].contexts[n]) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_contexts;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_vma.c
index ac1ff558eb90..58b5f40a07dd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_vma.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/prime_numbers.h>
 
+#include "gem/i915_gem_context.h"
 #include "gem/selftests/mock_context.h"
 
 #include "i915_scatterlist.h"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ static bool assert_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
 {
 	bool ok = true;
 
-	if (vma->vm != ctx->vm) {
+	if (vma->vm != rcu_access_pointer(ctx->vm)) {
 		pr_err("VMA created with wrong VM\n");
 		ok = false;
 	}
@@ -113,11 +114,13 @@ static int create_vmas(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	list_for_each_entry(obj, objects, st_link) {
 		for (pinned = 0; pinned <= 1; pinned++) {
 			list_for_each_entry(ctx, contexts, link) {
-				struct i915_address_space *vm = ctx->vm;
+				struct i915_address_space *vm;
 				struct i915_vma *vma;
 				int err;
 
+				vm = i915_gem_context_get_vm_rcu(ctx);
 				vma = checked_vma_instance(obj, vm, NULL);
+				i915_vm_put(vm);
 				if (IS_ERR(vma))
 					return PTR_ERR(vma);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index 4e6cde0d4859..335f37ba98de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -59,11 +59,9 @@ static void mock_device_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	i915_gem_drain_workqueue(i915);
 
-	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id)
 		mock_engine_free(engine);
-	i915_gem_contexts_fini(i915);
-	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	i915_gem_driver_release__contexts(i915);
 
 	intel_timelines_fini(i915);
 
@@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	return i915;
 
 err_context:
-	i915_gem_contexts_fini(i915);
+	i915_gem_driver_release__contexts(i915);
 err_engine:
 	mock_engine_free(i915->engine[RCS0]);
 err_unlock:
