diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index ba75af12f1fdd..9913a77478a31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,6 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to idle hardware: %d\n", ret);
 	i915_gem_retire_requests(dev);
-	i915_gem_context_fini(dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	/* Cancel the retire work handler, which should be idle now. */
@@ -1720,6 +1719,7 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 		i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(dev);
 		i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
+		i915_gem_context_fini(dev);
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 		i915_gem_cleanup_aliasing_ppgtt(dev);
 		i915_gem_cleanup_stolen(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 8fb8cd8f63208..48e41df075b90 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -277,11 +277,14 @@ void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (dev_priv->hw_contexts_disabled)
 		return;
 
+	/* The only known way to stop the gpu from accessing the hw context is
+	 * to reset it. Do this as the very last operation to avoid confusing
+	 * other code, leading to spurious errors. */
+	intel_gpu_reset(dev);
+
 	i915_gem_object_unpin(dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context->obj);
 
 	do_destroy(dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context);
-
-	intel_gpu_reset(dev);
 }
 
 void i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)