diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index 6193ad7edcf47..1642fff9cf135 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -662,18 +662,6 @@ static bool i915_guc_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	struct rb_node *rb;
 	bool submit = false;
 
-	/* After execlist_first is updated, the tasklet will be rescheduled.
-	 *
-	 * If we are currently running (inside the tasklet) and a third
-	 * party queues a request and so updates engine->execlist_first under
-	 * the spinlock (which we have elided), it will atomically set the
-	 * TASKLET_SCHED flag causing the us to be re-executed and pick up
-	 * the change in state (the update to TASKLET_SCHED incurs a memory
-	 * barrier making this cross-cpu checking safe).
-	 */
-	if (!READ_ONCE(engine->execlist_first))
-		return false;
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&engine->timeline->lock);
 	rb = engine->execlist_first;
 	while (rb) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 12cf645793ed0..c8f7c631fc1f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -402,18 +402,6 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	struct rb_node *rb;
 	bool submit = false;
 
-	/* After execlist_first is updated, the tasklet will be rescheduled.
-	 *
-	 * If we are currently running (inside the tasklet) and a third
-	 * party queues a request and so updates engine->execlist_first under
-	 * the spinlock (which we have elided), it will atomically set the
-	 * TASKLET_SCHED flag causing the us to be re-executed and pick up
-	 * the change in state (the update to TASKLET_SCHED incurs a memory
-	 * barrier making this cross-cpu checking safe).
-	 */
-	if (!READ_ONCE(engine->execlist_first))
-		return;
-
 	last = port->request;
 	if (last)
 		/* WaIdleLiteRestore:bdw,skl