diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
index f4ea318781f0f..cbb880b10c650 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
@@ -209,14 +209,6 @@ static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (!inflight)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
-		     "bumping queue-priority-hint:%d for rq:%llx:%lld, inflight:%llx:%lld prio %d\n",
-		     prio,
-		     rq->fence.context, rq->fence.seqno,
-		     inflight->fence.context, inflight->fence.seqno,
-		     inflight->sched.attr.priority);
-	engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we are already the currently executing context, don't
 	 * bother evaluating if we should preempt ourselves.
@@ -224,6 +216,14 @@ static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	if (inflight->context == rq->context)
 		goto unlock;
 
+	ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
+		     "bumping queue-priority-hint:%d for rq:%llx:%lld, inflight:%llx:%lld prio %d\n",
+		     prio,
+		     rq->fence.context, rq->fence.seqno,
+		     inflight->fence.context, inflight->fence.seqno,
+		     inflight->sched.attr.priority);
+
+	engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
 	if (need_preempt(prio, rq_prio(inflight)))
 		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);