#define WA_TAIL_DWORDS 2
 #define WA_TAIL_BYTES (sizeof(u32) * WA_TAIL_DWORDS)
 
-#define ACTIVE_PRIORITY (I915_PRIORITY_NOSEMAPHORE)
-
 static int execlists_context_deferred_alloc(struct intel_context *ce,
                                            struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *reg_state,
 
        /*
         * On unwinding the active request, we give it a priority bump
-        * equivalent to a freshly submitted request. This protects it from
-        * being gazumped again, but it would be preferable if we didn't
-        * let it be gazumped in the first place!
-        *
-        * See __unwind_incomplete_requests()
+        * if it has completed waiting on any semaphore. If we know that
+        * the request has already started, we can prevent an unwanted
+        * preempt-to-idle cycle by taking that into account now.
         */
-       if (~prio & ACTIVE_PRIORITY && __i915_request_has_started(rq)) {
-               /*
-                * After preemption, we insert the active request at the
-                * end of the new priority level. This means that we will be
-                * _lower_ priority than the preemptee all things equal (and
-                * so the preemption is valid), so adjust our comparison
-                * accordingly.
-                */
-               prio |= ACTIVE_PRIORITY;
-               prio--;
-       }
+       if (__i915_request_has_started(rq))
+               prio |= I915_PRIORITY_NOSEMAPHORE;
 
        /* Restrict mere WAIT boosts from triggering preemption */
        return prio | __NO_PREEMPTION;
 }
 
 static struct i915_request *
-__unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int boost)
+__unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
        struct i915_request *rq, *rn, *active = NULL;
        struct list_head *uninitialized_var(pl);
-       int prio = I915_PRIORITY_INVALID | boost;
+       int prio = I915_PRIORITY_INVALID;
 
        lockdep_assert_held(&engine->timeline.lock);
 
                active = rq;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * The active request is now effectively the start of a new client
-        * stream, so give it the equivalent small priority bump to prevent
-        * it being gazumped a second time by another peer.
-        *
-        * Note we have to be careful not to apply a priority boost to a request
-        * still spinning on its semaphores. If the request hasn't started, that
-        * means it is still waiting for its dependencies to be signaled, and
-        * if we apply a priority boost to this request, we will boost it past
-        * its signalers and so break PI.
-        *
-        * One consequence of this preemption boost is that we may jump
-        * over lesser priorities (such as I915_PRIORITY_WAIT), effectively
-        * making those priorities non-preemptible. They will be moved forward
-        * in the priority queue, but they will not gain immediate access to
-        * the GPU.
-        */
-       if (~prio & boost && __i915_request_has_started(active)) {
-               prio |= boost;
-               GEM_BUG_ON(active->sched.attr.priority >= prio);
-               active->sched.attr.priority = prio;
-               list_move_tail(&active->sched.link,
-                              i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, prio));
-       }
-
        return active;
 }
 
        struct intel_engine_cs *engine =
                container_of(execlists, typeof(*engine), execlists);
 
-       return __unwind_incomplete_requests(engine, 0);
+       return __unwind_incomplete_requests(engine);
 }
 
 static inline void
        execlists_cancel_port_requests(execlists);
        __unwind_incomplete_requests(container_of(execlists,
                                                  struct intel_engine_cs,
-                                                 execlists),
-                                    ACTIVE_PRIORITY);
+                                                 execlists));
 }
 
 static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
        execlists_cancel_port_requests(execlists);
 
        /* Push back any incomplete requests for replay after the reset. */
-       rq = __unwind_incomplete_requests(engine, 0);
+       rq = __unwind_incomplete_requests(engine);
        if (!rq)
                goto out_replay;