diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
index 16a9e88d93de5..0e277835aad05 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void intel_timeline_enter(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!tl->active_count); /* overflow? */
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
-	list_add(&tl->link, &timelines->active_list);
+	list_add_tail(&tl->link, &timelines->active_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
 }