if (submit) {
                *port = execlists_schedule_in(last, port - execlists->pending);
-               memset(port + 1, 0, (last_port - port) * sizeof(*port));
                execlists->switch_priority_hint =
                        switch_prio(engine, *execlists->pending);
+
+               /*
+                * Skip if we ended up with exactly the same set of requests,
+                * e.g. trying to timeslice a pair of ordered contexts
+                */
+               if (!memcmp(execlists->active, execlists->pending,
+                           (port - execlists->pending + 1) * sizeof(*port))) {
+                       do
+                               execlists_schedule_out(fetch_and_zero(port));
+                       while (port-- != execlists->pending);
+
+                       goto skip_submit;
+               }
+
+               memset(port + 1, 0, (last_port - port) * sizeof(*port));
                execlists_submit_ports(engine);
        } else {
+skip_submit:
                ring_set_paused(engine, 0);
        }
 }