diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index a027a0557d3a..faff64b66484 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct eb_vma {
 	struct list_head bind_link;
 	struct list_head unbound_link;
 	struct list_head reloc_link;
+	struct list_head submit_link;
 
 	struct hlist_node node;
 	u32 handle;
@@ -248,6 +249,8 @@ struct i915_execbuffer {
 	/** list of vma that have execobj.relocation_count */
 	struct list_head relocs;
 
+	struct list_head submit_list;
+
 	/**
 	 * Track the most recently used object for relocations, as we
 	 * frequently have to perform multiple relocations within the same
@@ -341,6 +344,42 @@ static void eb_vma_array_put(struct eb_vma_array *arr)
 	kref_put(&arr->kref, eb_vma_array_destroy);
 }
 
+static int
+eb_lock_vma(struct i915_execbuffer *eb, struct ww_acquire_ctx *acquire)
+{
+	struct eb_vma *ev;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(ev, &eb->submit_list, submit_link) {
+		struct i915_vma *vma = ev->vma;
+
+		err = ww_mutex_lock_interruptible(&vma->resv->lock, acquire);
+		if (err == -EDEADLK) {
+			struct eb_vma *unlock = ev, *en;
+
+			list_for_each_entry_safe_continue_reverse(unlock, en,
+								  &eb->submit_list,
+								  submit_link) {
+				ww_mutex_unlock(&unlock->vma->resv->lock);
+				list_move_tail(&unlock->submit_link, &eb->submit_list);
+			}
+
+			GEM_BUG_ON(!list_is_first(&ev->submit_link, &eb->submit_list));
+			err = ww_mutex_lock_slow_interruptible(&vma->resv->lock,
+							       acquire);
+		}
+		if (err) {
+			list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(ev,
+							     &eb->submit_list,
+							     submit_link)
+				ww_mutex_unlock(&ev->vma->resv->lock);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int eb_create(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
 	/* Allocate an extra slot for use by the command parser + sentinel */
@@ -393,6 +432,10 @@ static int eb_create(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		eb->lut_size = -eb->buffer_count;
 	}
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->bind_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->submit_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->relocs);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -574,6 +617,7 @@ eb_add_vma(struct i915_execbuffer *eb,
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&ev->bind_link, &eb->bind_list);
+	list_add_tail(&ev->submit_link, &eb->submit_list);
 
 	if (entry->relocation_count)
 		list_add_tail(&ev->reloc_link, &eb->relocs);
@@ -903,9 +947,6 @@ static int eb_lookup_vmas(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->bind_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eb->relocs);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < eb->buffer_count; i++) {
 		struct i915_vma *vma;
 
@@ -1576,38 +1617,19 @@ static int eb_relocate(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 
 static int eb_move_to_gpu(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 {
-	const unsigned int count = eb->buffer_count;
 	struct ww_acquire_ctx acquire;
-	unsigned int i;
+	struct eb_vma *ev;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	ww_acquire_init(&acquire, &reservation_ww_class);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		struct eb_vma *ev = &eb->vma[i];
-		struct i915_vma *vma = ev->vma;
-
-		err = ww_mutex_lock_interruptible(&vma->resv->lock, &acquire);
-		if (err == -EDEADLK) {
-			GEM_BUG_ON(i == 0);
-			do {
-				int j = i - 1;
-
-				ww_mutex_unlock(&eb->vma[j].vma->resv->lock);
-
-				swap(eb->vma[i],  eb->vma[j]);
-			} while (--i);
+	err = eb_lock_vma(eb, &acquire);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_fini;
 
-			err = ww_mutex_lock_slow_interruptible(&vma->resv->lock,
-							       &acquire);
-		}
-		if (err)
-			break;
-	}
 	ww_acquire_done(&acquire);
 
-	while (i--) {
-		struct eb_vma *ev = &eb->vma[i];
+	list_for_each_entry(ev, &eb->submit_list, submit_link) {
 		struct i915_vma *vma = ev->vma;
 		unsigned int flags = ev->flags;
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
@@ -1664,6 +1686,8 @@ static int eb_move_to_gpu(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	intel_gt_chipset_flush(eb->engine->gt);
 	return 0;
 
+err_fini:
+	ww_acquire_fini(&acquire);
 err_skip:
 	i915_request_set_error_once(eb->request, err);
 	return err;
@@ -1945,9 +1969,10 @@ static int eb_parse(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_trampoline;
 
-	eb->vma[eb->buffer_count].vma = i915_vma_get(shadow);
-	eb->vma[eb->buffer_count].flags = __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_PIN;
 	eb->batch = &eb->vma[eb->buffer_count++];
+	eb->batch->vma = i915_vma_get(shadow);
+	eb->batch->flags = __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_PIN;
+	list_add_tail(&eb->batch->submit_link, &eb->submit_list);
 	eb->vma[eb->buffer_count].vma = NULL;
 
 	eb->trampoline = trampoline;
