diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 2265bb8ff4fa0..d34a3e5800b73 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ static int reset_all_global_seqno(struct drm_i915_private *i915, u32 seqno)
 			/* spin until threads are complete */
 			while (intel_breadcrumbs_busy(engine))
 				cond_resched();
+
+			GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&engine->breadcrumbs.signals));
 		}
 
 		/* Check we are idle before we fiddle with hw state! */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c
index 6a740618863c1..bab74c3ee81a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_breadcrumbs.c
@@ -889,11 +889,6 @@ bool intel_breadcrumbs_busy(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&b->irq_lock);
 	}
 
-	if (!busy && !list_empty(&b->signals)) {
-		wake_up_process(b->signaler);
-		busy = true;
-	}
-
 	return busy;
 }