diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 7e087c3..3f3c908 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1349,8 +1349,11 @@ gen8_cs_irq_handler(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 iir, int test_shift)
 {
 	if (iir & (GT_RENDER_USER_INTERRUPT << test_shift))
 		notify_ring(engine);
-	if (iir & (GT_CONTEXT_SWITCH_INTERRUPT << test_shift))
-		tasklet_schedule(&engine->irq_tasklet);
+
+	if (iir & (GT_CONTEXT_SWITCH_INTERRUPT << test_shift)) {
+		set_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted);
+		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->irq_tasklet);
+	}
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t gen8_gt_irq_ack(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 9896027..f729568 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void intel_lrc_irq_handler(unsigned long data)
 
 	intel_uncore_forcewake_get(dev_priv, engine->fw_domains);
 
-	if (!execlists_elsp_idle(engine)) {
+	while (test_and_clear_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted)) {
 		u32 __iomem *csb_mmio =
 			dev_priv->regs + i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_CONTEXT_STATUS_PTR(engine));
 		u32 __iomem *buf =
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@ static int gen8_init_common_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Execlists enabled for %s\n", engine->name);
 
 	/* After a GPU reset, we may have requests to replay */
+	clear_bit(ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST, &engine->irq_posted);
 	if (!execlists_elsp_idle(engine)) {
 		engine->execlist_port[0].count = 0;
 		engine->execlist_port[1].count = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index a9ea84e..8e87273 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 
 	unsigned long irq_posted;
 #define ENGINE_IRQ_BREADCRUMB 0
+#define ENGINE_IRQ_EXECLIST 1
 
 	/* Rather than have every client wait upon all user interrupts,
 	 * with the herd waking after every interrupt and each doing the