diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 7bb27f382af7..3b35bd2eb0fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int eb_reserve(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	struct list_head last;
 	struct eb_vma *ev;
 	unsigned int i, pass;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Attempt to pin all of the buffers into the GTT.
@@ -626,8 +626,9 @@ static int eb_reserve(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	 * room for the earlier objects *unless* we need to defragment.
 	 */
 
+	mutex_lock(&eb->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
 	pass = 0;
-	err = 0;
 	do {
 		list_for_each_entry(ev, &eb->unbound, bind_link) {
 			err = eb_reserve_vma(eb, ev, pin_flags);
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ static int eb_reserve(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 				break;
 		}
 		if (!(err == -ENOSPC || err == -EAGAIN))
-			return err;
+			break;
 
 		/* Resort *all* the objects into priority order */
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->unbound);
@@ -666,7 +667,9 @@ static int eb_reserve(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		list_splice_tail(&last, &eb->unbound);
 
 		if (err == -EAGAIN) {
+			mutex_unlock(&eb->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 			flush_workqueue(eb->i915->mm.userptr_wq);
+			mutex_lock(&eb->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -680,15 +683,20 @@ static int eb_reserve(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 			err = i915_gem_evict_vm(eb->context->vm);
 			mutex_unlock(&eb->context->vm->mutex);
 			if (err)
-				return err;
+				goto unlock;
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			return -ENOSPC;
+			err = -ENOSPC;
+			goto unlock;
 		}
 
 		pin_flags = PIN_USER;
 	} while (1);
+
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&eb->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static unsigned int eb_batch_index(const struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
@@ -1631,7 +1639,6 @@ static int eb_prefault_relocations(const struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 
 static noinline int eb_relocate_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = &eb->i915->drm;
 	bool have_copy = false;
 	struct eb_vma *ev;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1642,8 +1649,6 @@ static noinline int eb_relocate_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
 	/*
 	 * We take 3 passes through the slowpatch.
 	 *
@@ -1666,20 +1671,12 @@ static noinline int eb_relocate_slow(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		cond_resched();
 		err = 0;
 	}
-	if (err) {
-		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	/* A frequent cause for EAGAIN are currently unavailable client pages */
 	flush_workqueue(eb->i915->mm.userptr_wq);
 
-	err = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
-	if (err) {
-		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!eb->batch);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(ev, &eb->relocs, reloc_link) {
@@ -1738,9 +1735,11 @@ static int eb_relocate(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = eb_reserve(eb);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (!list_empty(&eb->unbound)) {
+		err = eb_reserve(eb);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	/* The objects are in their final locations, apply the relocations. */
 	if (eb->args->flags & __EXEC_HAS_RELOC) {
@@ -2690,10 +2689,6 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto err_context;
 
-	err = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_engine;
-
 	err = eb_relocate(&eb);
 	if (err) {
 		/*
@@ -2837,8 +2832,6 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 		eb_release_vmas(&eb);
 	if (eb.trampoline)
 		i915_vma_unpin(eb.trampoline);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-err_engine:
 	eb_unpin_engine(&eb);
 err_context:
 	i915_gem_context_put(eb.gem_context);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 123d0fadfafc..c081f4ec87df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1734,12 +1734,6 @@ int i915_gem_object_unbind(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 void i915_gem_runtime_suspend(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 
-static inline int __must_check
-i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->struct_mutex);
-}
-
 int i915_gem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
 			 struct drm_device *dev,
 			 struct drm_mode_create_dumb *args);
