diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index daf537d1e415..57b6bde2b736 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ static int __intel_context_active(struct i915_active *active)
 {
 	struct intel_context *ce = container_of(active, typeof(*ce), active);
 
+	CE_TRACE(ce, "active\n");
+	ce->saturated = 0;
+
 	intel_context_get(ce);
 
 	/* everything should already be activated by intel_context_pre_pin() */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
index 0ea18c9e2aca..d1a35c3055a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ struct intel_context {
 	} lrc;
 	u32 tag; /* cookie passed to HW to track this context on submission */
 
+	intel_engine_mask_t saturated; /* submitting semaphores too late? */
+
 	/** stats: Context GPU engine busyness tracking. */
 	struct intel_context_stats {
 		u64 active;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c
index 2427d9e01be9..ac18bbd24450 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ static int __engine_park(struct intel_wakeref *wf)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine =
 		container_of(wf, typeof(*engine), wakeref);
 
-	engine->saturated = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * If one and only one request is completed between pm events,
 	 * we know that we are inside the kernel context and it is
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index b5bef848a2d5..06a2582dc32f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -303,8 +303,6 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 
 	struct intel_context *kernel_context; /* pinned */
 
-	intel_engine_mask_t saturated; /* submitting semaphores too late? */
-
 	struct {
 		struct delayed_work work;
 		struct i915_request *systole;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
index ecbc0538e155..99bdab2dc254 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
@@ -3305,21 +3305,6 @@ intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
 	ve->base.instance = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_VIRTUAL;
 	ve->base.uabi_instance = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_VIRTUAL;
 
-	/*
-	 * The decision on whether to submit a request using semaphores
-	 * depends on the saturated state of the engine. We only compute
-	 * this during HW submission of the request, and we need for this
-	 * state to be globally applied to all requests being submitted
-	 * to this engine. Virtual engines encompass more than one physical
-	 * engine and so we cannot accurately tell in advance if one of those
-	 * engines is already saturated and so cannot afford to use a semaphore
-	 * and be pessimized in priority for doing so -- if we are the only
-	 * context using semaphores after all other clients have stopped, we
-	 * will be starved on the saturated system. Such a global switch for
-	 * semaphores is less than ideal, but alas is the current compromise.
-	 */
-	ve->base.saturated = ALL_ENGINES;
-
 	snprintf(ve->base.name, sizeof(ve->base.name), "virtual");
 
 	i915_sched_init_engine(&ve->base.active, ENGINE_VIRTUAL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 0254c190f690..9e622b5733fd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ bool __i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request)
 	 */
 	if (request->sched.semaphores &&
 	    i915_sw_fence_signaled(&request->semaphore))
-		engine->saturated |= request->sched.semaphores;
+		request->context->saturated |= request->sched.semaphores;
 
 	engine->emit_fini_breadcrumb(request,
 				     request->ring->vaddr + request->postfix);
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ already_busywaiting(struct i915_request *rq)
 	 *
 	 * See the are-we-too-late? check in __i915_request_submit().
 	 */
-	return rq->sched.semaphores | READ_ONCE(rq->engine->saturated);
+	return rq->sched.semaphores | READ_ONCE(rq->context->saturated);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ emit_semaphore_wait(struct i915_request *to,
 	if (__emit_semaphore_wait(to, from, from->fence.seqno))
 		goto await_fence;
 
-	to->sched.semaphores |= mask;
+	to->sched.semaphores |= mask & ~to->engine->mask;
 	wait = &to->semaphore;
 
 await_fence:
