diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 77c3ee7a3fd05bf4351075981c9dd87b5d142f14..582471c00fce1281ae984a19bf4118818b51f2e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -400,12 +400,14 @@ void __i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 	u32 seqno;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+	assert_spin_locked(&engine->timeline->lock);
+
 	trace_i915_gem_request_execute(request);
 
 	/* Transfer from per-context onto the global per-engine timeline */
 	timeline = engine->timeline;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline == request->timeline);
-	assert_spin_locked(&timeline->lock);
 
 	seqno = timeline_get_seqno(timeline);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!seqno);
@@ -446,6 +448,7 @@ void __i915_gem_request_unsubmit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
 	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 	assert_spin_locked(&engine->timeline->lock);
 
 	/* Only unwind in reverse order, required so that the per-context list
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c
index 5752f23fd289bad174435fd58cfe95e19250b2ec..ba54dd1949e88e30040f95b29f96e7d130ab1382 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ void intel_engine_enable_signaling(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	 */
 
 	/* locked by dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() (irqsafe fence->lock) */
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 	assert_spin_locked(&request->lock);
 
 	seqno = i915_gem_request_global_seqno(request);
@@ -709,6 +710,7 @@ void intel_engine_cancel_signaling(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
 	struct intel_breadcrumbs *b = &engine->breadcrumbs;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 	assert_spin_locked(&request->lock);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!request->signaling.wait.seqno);