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.
        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);