diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index 430066e5884c..df62e793e747 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -238,16 +238,6 @@ struct intel_engine_execlists {
 	 */
 	unsigned int port_mask;
 
-	/**
-	 * @switch_priority_hint: Second context priority.
-	 *
-	 * We submit multiple contexts to the HW simultaneously and would
-	 * like to occasionally switch between them to emulate timeslicing.
-	 * To know when timeslicing is suitable, we track the priority of
-	 * the context submitted second.
-	 */
-	int switch_priority_hint;
-
 	/**
 	 * @queue_priority_hint: Highest pending priority.
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
index a5b442683c18..c13b362bf1ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
@@ -1148,25 +1148,6 @@ static void defer_active(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	defer_request(rq, i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, rq_prio(rq)));
 }
 
-static bool
-need_timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
-	       const struct i915_request *rq)
-{
-	int hint;
-
-	if (!intel_engine_has_timeslices(engine))
-		return false;
-
-	hint = max(engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint,
-		   virtual_prio(&engine->execlists));
-
-	if (!list_is_last(&rq->sched.link, &engine->active.requests))
-		hint = max(hint, rq_prio(list_next_entry(rq, sched.link)));
-
-	GEM_BUG_ON(hint >= I915_PRIORITY_UNPREEMPTABLE);
-	return hint >= effective_prio(rq);
-}
-
 static bool
 timeslice_yield(const struct intel_engine_execlists *el,
 		const struct i915_request *rq)
@@ -1186,76 +1167,74 @@ timeslice_yield(const struct intel_engine_execlists *el,
 	return rq->context->lrc.ccid == READ_ONCE(el->yield);
 }
 
-static bool
-timeslice_expired(const struct intel_engine_execlists *el,
-		  const struct i915_request *rq)
+static bool needs_timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
+			    const struct i915_request *rq)
 {
+	if (!intel_engine_has_timeslices(engine))
+		return false;
+
+	/* If not currently active, or about to switch, wait for next event */
+	if (!rq || __i915_request_is_complete(rq))
+		return false;
+
+	/* We do not need to start the timeslice until after the ACK */
+	if (READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0]))
+		return false;
+
+	/* If ELSP[1] is occupied, always check to see if worth slicing */
+	if (!list_is_last_rcu(&rq->sched.link, &engine->active.requests))
+		return true;
+
+	/* Otherwise, ELSP[0] is by itself, but may be waiting in the queue */
+	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&engine->execlists.queue.rb_root))
+		return true;
+
+	return !RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&engine->execlists.virtual.rb_root);
+}
+
+static bool
+timeslice_expired(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, const struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	const struct intel_engine_execlists *el = &engine->execlists;
+
+	if (i915_request_has_nopreempt(rq) && __i915_request_has_started(rq))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!needs_timeslice(engine, rq))
+		return false;
+
 	return timer_expired(&el->timer) || timeslice_yield(el, rq);
 }
 
-static int
-switch_prio(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, const struct i915_request *rq)
-{
-	if (list_is_last(&rq->sched.link, &engine->active.requests))
-		return engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint;
-
-	return rq_prio(list_next_entry(rq, sched.link));
-}
-
-static inline unsigned long
-timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static unsigned long timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	return READ_ONCE(engine->props.timeslice_duration_ms);
 }
 
-static unsigned long active_timeslice(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	const struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists = &engine->execlists;
-	const struct i915_request *rq = *execlists->active;
-
-	if (!rq || __i915_request_is_complete(rq))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (READ_ONCE(execlists->switch_priority_hint) < effective_prio(rq))
-		return 0;
-
-	return timeslice(engine);
-}
-
-static void set_timeslice(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static void start_timeslice(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
+	struct intel_engine_execlists *el = &engine->execlists;
 	unsigned long duration;
 
-	if (!intel_engine_has_timeslices(engine))
-		return;
+	/* Disable the timer if there is nothing to switch to */
+	duration = 0;
+	if (needs_timeslice(engine, *el->active)) {
+		/* Avoid continually prolonging an active timeslice */
+		if (timer_active(&el->timer)) {
+			/*
+			 * If we just submitted a new ELSP after an old
+			 * context, that context may have already consumed
+			 * its timeslice, so recheck.
+			 */
+			if (!timer_pending(&el->timer))
+				tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+			return;
+		}
 
-	duration = active_timeslice(engine);
-	ENGINE_TRACE(engine, "bump timeslicing, interval:%lu", duration);
+		duration = timeslice(engine);
+	}
 
-	set_timer_ms(&engine->execlists.timer, duration);
-}
-
-static void start_timeslice(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
-{
-	struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists = &engine->execlists;
-	unsigned long duration;
-
-	if (!intel_engine_has_timeslices(engine))
-		return;
-
-	WRITE_ONCE(execlists->switch_priority_hint, prio);
-	if (prio == INT_MIN)
-		return;
-
-	if (timer_pending(&execlists->timer))
-		return;
-
-	duration = timeslice(engine);
-	ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
-		     "start timeslicing, prio:%d, interval:%lu",
-		     prio, duration);
-
-	set_timer_ms(&execlists->timer, duration);
+	set_timer_ms(&el->timer, duration);
 }
 
 static void record_preemption(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
@@ -1368,16 +1347,32 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			__unwind_incomplete_requests(engine);
 
 			last = NULL;
-		} else if (need_timeslice(engine, last) &&
-			   timeslice_expired(execlists, last)) {
+		} else if (timeslice_expired(engine, last)) {
 			ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
-				     "expired last=%llx:%lld, prio=%d, hint=%d, yield?=%s\n",
-				     last->fence.context,
-				     last->fence.seqno,
-				     last->sched.attr.priority,
+				     "expired:%s last=%llx:%lld, prio=%d, hint=%d, yield?=%s\n",
+				     yesno(timer_expired(&execlists->timer)),
+				     last->fence.context, last->fence.seqno,
+				     rq_prio(last),
 				     execlists->queue_priority_hint,
 				     yesno(timeslice_yield(execlists, last)));
 
+			/*
+			 * Consume this timeslice; ensure we start a new one.
+			 *
+			 * The timeslice expired, and we will unwind the
+			 * running contexts and recompute the next ELSP.
+			 * If that submit will be the same pair of contexts
+			 * (due to dependency ordering), we will skip the
+			 * submission. If we don't cancel the timer now,
+			 * we will see that the timer has expired and
+			 * reschedule the tasklet; continually until the
+			 * next context switch or other preeemption event.
+			 *
+			 * Since we have decided to reschedule based on
+			 * consumption of this timeslice, if we submit the
+			 * same context again, grant it a full timeslice.
+			 */
+			cancel_timer(&execlists->timer);
 			ring_set_paused(engine, 1);
 			defer_active(engine);
 
@@ -1413,7 +1408,6 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				 * of timeslices, our queue might be.
 				 */
 				spin_unlock(&engine->active.lock);
-				start_timeslice(engine, queue_prio(execlists));
 				return;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1440,7 +1434,6 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		if (last && !can_merge_rq(last, rq)) {
 			spin_unlock(&ve->base.active.lock);
 			spin_unlock(&engine->active.lock);
-			start_timeslice(engine, rq_prio(rq));
 			return; /* leave this for another sibling */
 		}
 
@@ -1604,29 +1597,23 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	execlists->queue_priority_hint = queue_prio(execlists);
 	spin_unlock(&engine->active.lock);
 
-	if (submit) {
-		/*
-		 * Skip if we ended up with exactly the same set of requests,
-		 * e.g. trying to timeslice a pair of ordered contexts
-		 */
-		if (!memcmp(execlists->active,
-			    execlists->pending,
-			    (port - execlists->pending) * sizeof(*port)))
-			goto skip_submit;
-
+	/*
+	 * We can skip poking the HW if we ended up with exactly the same set
+	 * of requests as currently running, e.g. trying to timeslice a pair
+	 * of ordered contexts.
+	 */
+	if (submit &&
+	    memcmp(execlists->active,
+		   execlists->pending,
+		   (port - execlists->pending) * sizeof(*port))) {
 		*port = NULL;
 		while (port-- != execlists->pending)
 			execlists_schedule_in(*port, port - execlists->pending);
 
-		execlists->switch_priority_hint =
-			switch_prio(engine, *execlists->pending);
-
 		WRITE_ONCE(execlists->yield, -1);
 		set_preempt_timeout(engine, *execlists->active);
 		execlists_submit_ports(engine);
 	} else {
-		start_timeslice(engine, execlists->queue_priority_hint);
-skip_submit:
 		ring_set_paused(engine, 0);
 		while (port-- != execlists->pending)
 			i915_request_put(*port);
@@ -1805,12 +1792,19 @@ csb_read(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u64 * const csb)
 	return entry;
 }
 
+static void new_timeslice(struct intel_engine_execlists *el)
+{
+	/* By cancelling, we will start afresh in start_timeslice() */
+	cancel_timer(&el->timer);
+}
+
 static struct i915_request **
 process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_request **inactive)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
 	u64 * const buf = execlists->csb_status;
 	const u8 num_entries = execlists->csb_size;
+	struct i915_request **prev;
 	u8 head, tail;
 
 	/*
@@ -1865,6 +1859,11 @@ process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_request **inactive)
 	 * we perform the READ_ONCE(*csb_write).
 	 */
 	rmb();
+
+	/* Remember who was last running under the timer */
+	prev = inactive;
+	*prev = NULL;
+
 	do {
 		bool promote;
 		u64 csb;
@@ -1984,8 +1983,6 @@ process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_request **inactive)
 		}
 	} while (head != tail);
 
-	set_timeslice(engine);
-
 	/*
 	 * Gen11 has proven to fail wrt global observation point between
 	 * entry and tail update, failing on the ordering and thus
@@ -1999,6 +1996,14 @@ process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_request **inactive)
 	 */
 	invalidate_csb_entries(&buf[0], &buf[num_entries - 1]);
 
+	/*
+	 * We assume that any event reflects a change in context flow
+	 * and merits a fresh timeslice. We reinstall the timer after
+	 * inspecting the queue to see if we need to resumbit.
+	 */
+	if (*prev != *execlists->active) /* elide lite-restores */
+		new_timeslice(execlists);
+
 	return inactive;
 }
 
@@ -2410,8 +2415,10 @@ static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 		execlists_reset(engine, msg);
 	}
 
-	if (!engine->execlists.pending[0])
+	if (!engine->execlists.pending[0]) {
 		execlists_dequeue_irq(engine);
+		start_timeslice(engine);
+	}
 
 	post_process_csb(post, inactive);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -3856,9 +3863,6 @@ void intel_execlists_show_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		show_request(m, last, "\t\t", 0);
 	}
 
-	if (execlists->switch_priority_hint != INT_MIN)
-		drm_printf(m, "\t\tSwitch priority hint: %d\n",
-			   READ_ONCE(execlists->switch_priority_hint));
 	if (execlists->queue_priority_hint != INT_MIN)
 		drm_printf(m, "\t\tQueue priority hint: %d\n",
 			   READ_ONCE(execlists->queue_priority_hint));
