diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index 32fd6647154b..ad7197c5910f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ intel_context_init(struct intel_context *ce, struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	mutex_init(&ce->pin_mutex);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ce->guc_state.lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->guc_state.fences);
 
 	ce->guc_id = GUC_INVALID_LRC_ID;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->guc_id_link);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
index 606c480aec26..e0e3a937f709 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ struct intel_context {
 		 * submission
 		 */
 		u8 sched_state;
+		/*
+		 * fences: maintains of list of requests that have a submit
+		 * fence related to GuC submission
+		 */
+		struct list_head fences;
 	} guc_state;
 
 	/* GuC scheduling state flags that do not require a lock. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index 6940b9d62118..8fd4479bad14 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -932,6 +932,30 @@ static const struct intel_context_ops guc_context_ops = {
 	.destroy = guc_context_destroy,
 };
 
+static void __guc_signal_context_fence(struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	struct i915_request *rq;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&ce->guc_state.lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(rq, &ce->guc_state.fences, guc_fence_link)
+		i915_sw_fence_complete(&rq->submit);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->guc_state.fences);
+}
+
+static void guc_signal_context_fence(struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce));
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
+	clr_context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce);
+	__guc_signal_context_fence(ce);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
+}
+
 static bool context_needs_register(struct intel_context *ce, bool new_guc_id)
 {
 	return new_guc_id || test_bit(CONTEXT_LRCA_DIRTY, &ce->flags) ||
@@ -942,6 +966,7 @@ static int guc_request_alloc(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	struct intel_context *ce = rq->context;
 	struct intel_guc *guc = ce_to_guc(ce);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_context_is_pinned(rq->context));
@@ -986,7 +1011,7 @@ static int guc_request_alloc(struct i915_request *rq)
 	 * increment (in pin_guc_id) is needed to seal a race with unpin_guc_id.
 	 */
 	if (atomic_add_unless(&ce->guc_id_ref, 1, 0))
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = pin_guc_id(guc, ce);	/* returns 1 if new guc_id assigned */
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
@@ -1002,6 +1027,28 @@ static int guc_request_alloc(struct i915_request *rq)
 
 	clear_bit(CONTEXT_LRCA_DIRTY, &ce->flags);
 
+out:
+	/*
+	 * We block all requests on this context if a G2H is pending for a
+	 * context deregistration as the GuC will fail a context registration
+	 * while this G2H is pending. Once a G2H returns, the fence is released
+	 * that is blocking these requests (see guc_signal_context_fence).
+	 *
+	 * We can safely check the below field outside of the lock as it isn't
+	 * possible for this field to transition from being clear to set but
+	 * converse is possible, hence the need for the check within the lock.
+	 */
+	if (likely(!context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce)))
+		return 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
+	if (context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce)) {
+		i915_sw_fence_await(&rq->submit);
+
+		list_add_tail(&rq->guc_fence_link, &ce->guc_state.fences);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1298,7 +1345,7 @@ int intel_guc_deregister_done_process_msg(struct intel_guc *guc,
 		 */
 		with_intel_runtime_pm(runtime_pm, wakeref)
 			register_context(ce);
-		clr_context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce);
+		guc_signal_context_fence(ce);
 		intel_context_put(ce);
 	} else if (context_destroyed(ce)) {
 		/* Context has been destroyed */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index 5deb65ec5fa5..717e5b292046 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -285,6 +285,14 @@ struct i915_request {
 		struct hrtimer timer;
 	} watchdog;
 
+	/*
+	 * Requests may need to be stalled when using GuC submission waiting for
+	 * certain GuC operations to complete. If that is the case, stalled
+	 * requests are added to a per context list of stalled requests. The
+	 * below list_head is the link in that list.
+	 */
+	struct list_head guc_fence_link;
+
 	I915_SELFTEST_DECLARE(struct {
 		struct list_head link;
 		unsigned long delay;
