diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 80dc679c0f016..338735252e23d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -2717,7 +2717,8 @@ static int i915_runtime_pm_status(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 	if (!HAS_RUNTIME_PM(dev_priv))
 		seq_puts(m, "Runtime power management not supported\n");
 
-	seq_printf(m, "GPU idle: %s\n", yesno(!dev_priv->gt.awake));
+	seq_printf(m, "GPU idle: %s (epoch %u)\n",
+		   yesno(!dev_priv->gt.awake), dev_priv->gt.epoch);
 	seq_printf(m, "IRQs disabled: %s\n",
 		   yesno(!intel_irqs_enabled(dev_priv)));
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
@@ -3150,8 +3151,8 @@ static int i915_engine_info(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 
 	intel_runtime_pm_get(dev_priv);
 
-	seq_printf(m, "GT awake? %s\n",
-		   yesno(dev_priv->gt.awake));
+	seq_printf(m, "GT awake? %s (epoch %u)\n",
+		   yesno(dev_priv->gt.awake), dev_priv->gt.epoch);
 	seq_printf(m, "Global active requests: %d\n",
 		   dev_priv->gt.active_requests);
 	seq_printf(m, "CS timestamp frequency: %u kHz\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index c707eee2102b9..1f9df2861d543 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2312,6 +2312,12 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 		 */
 		bool awake;
 
+		/**
+		 * The number of times we have woken up.
+		 */
+		unsigned int epoch;
+#define I915_EPOCH_INVALID 0
+
 		/**
 		 * We leave the user IRQ off as much as possible,
 		 * but this means that requests will finish and never
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index a0f451b4a4e8d..06ec27a68f5cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ static void mark_busy(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	intel_display_power_get(i915, POWER_DOMAIN_GT_IRQ);
 
 	i915->gt.awake = true;
+	if (unlikely(++i915->gt.epoch == 0)) /* keep 0 as invalid */
+		i915->gt.epoch = 1;
 
 	intel_enable_gt_powersave(i915);
 	i915_update_gfx_val(i915);