diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index 4462112725ef9e..aac80cdaa6cb61 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -609,12 +609,9 @@ static int guc_ring_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client *gc)
 }
 
 /**
- * i915_guc_submit() - Submit commands through GuC
+ * __i915_guc_submit() - Submit commands through GuC
  * @rq:		request associated with the commands
  *
- * Return:	0 on success, otherwise an errno.
- * 		(Note: nonzero really shouldn't happen!)
- *
  * The caller must have already called i915_guc_wq_reserve() above with
  * a result of 0 (success), guaranteeing that there is space in the work
  * queue for the new request, so enqueuing the item cannot fail.
@@ -626,7 +623,7 @@ static int guc_ring_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client *gc)
  * The only error here arises if the doorbell hardware isn't functioning
  * as expected, which really shouln't happen.
  */
-static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
+static void __i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = rq->i915;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
@@ -635,17 +632,6 @@ static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
 	struct i915_guc_client *client = guc->execbuf_client;
 	int b_ret;
 
-	/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the following
-	 * request. This ensures that any the context object is still pinned
-	 * for any residual writes the HW makes into it on the context switch
-	 * into the next object following the breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may
-	 * retire the context too early.
-	 */
-	rq->previous_context = engine->last_context;
-	engine->last_context = rq->ctx;
-
-	i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
-
 	spin_lock(&client->wq_lock);
 	guc_wq_item_append(client, rq);
 
@@ -665,6 +651,23 @@ static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
 	spin_unlock(&client->wq_lock);
 }
 
+static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
+
+	/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the following
+	 * request. This ensures that any the context object is still pinned
+	 * for any residual writes the HW makes into it on the context switch
+	 * into the next object following the breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may
+	 * retire the context too early.
+	 */
+	rq->previous_context = engine->last_context;
+	engine->last_context = rq->ctx;
+
+	i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
+	__i915_guc_submit(rq);
+}
+
 /*
  * Everything below here is concerned with setup & teardown, and is
  * therefore not part of the somewhat time-critical batch-submission
@@ -1538,8 +1541,8 @@ int i915_guc_submission_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		list_for_each_entry(request,
 				    &engine->timeline->requests, link) {
 			client->wq_rsvd += sizeof(struct guc_wq_item);
-			if (i915_sw_fence_done(&request->submit))
-				i915_guc_submit(request);
+			if (i915_sw_fence_done(&request->execute))
+				__i915_guc_submit(request);
 		}
 	}