diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index 06ff7695fa290..2d0ef5fc6748a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1657,6 +1657,23 @@ intel_engine_find_active_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 * we only care about the snapshot of this moment.
 	 */
 	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	request = execlists_active(&engine->execlists);
+	if (request) {
+		struct intel_timeline *tl = request->context->timeline;
+
+		list_for_each_entry_from_reverse(request, &tl->requests, link) {
+			if (i915_request_completed(request))
+				break;
+
+			active = request;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (active)
+		return active;
+
 	list_for_each_entry(request, &engine->active.requests, sched.link) {
 		if (i915_request_completed(request))
 			continue;