diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c
index 8db7e93abde5f..1c6c6692dd17c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static void heartbeat(struct work_struct *wrk)
 		container_of(wrk, typeof(*engine), heartbeat.work.work);
 	struct intel_context *ce = engine->kernel_context;
 	struct i915_request *rq;
+	unsigned long serial;
 
 	/* Just in case everything has gone horribly wrong, give it a kick */
 	intel_engine_flush_submission(engine);
@@ -122,10 +123,19 @@ static void heartbeat(struct work_struct *wrk)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (engine->wakeref_serial == engine->serial)
+	serial = READ_ONCE(engine->serial);
+	if (engine->wakeref_serial == serial)
 		goto out;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ce->timeline->mutex);
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&ce->timeline->mutex)) {
+		/* Unable to lock the kernel timeline, is the engine stuck? */
+		if (xchg(&engine->heartbeat.blocked, serial) == serial)
+			intel_gt_handle_error(engine->gt, engine->mask,
+					      I915_ERROR_CAPTURE,
+					      "no heartbeat on %s",
+					      engine->name);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	intel_context_enter(ce);
 	rq = __i915_request_create(ce, GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index 073c3769e8cce..490af81bd6f37 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 	struct {
 		struct delayed_work work;
 		struct i915_request *systole;
+		unsigned long blocked;
 	} heartbeat;
 
 	unsigned long serial;