return __reset_engine(engine);
 }
 
-static struct intel_engine_cs *__active_engine(struct i915_request *rq)
+static bool
+__active_engine(struct i915_request *rq, struct intel_engine_cs **active)
 {
        struct intel_engine_cs *engine, *locked;
+       bool ret = false;
 
        /*
         * Serialise with __i915_request_submit() so that it sees
         * is-banned?, or we know the request is already inflight.
+        *
+        * Note that rq->engine is unstable, and so we double
+        * check that we have acquired the lock on the final engine.
         */
        locked = READ_ONCE(rq->engine);
        spin_lock_irq(&locked->active.lock);
        while (unlikely(locked != (engine = READ_ONCE(rq->engine)))) {
                spin_unlock(&locked->active.lock);
-               spin_lock(&engine->active.lock);
                locked = engine;
+               spin_lock(&locked->active.lock);
        }
 
-       engine = NULL;
-       if (i915_request_is_active(rq) && rq->fence.error != -EIO)
-               engine = rq->engine;
+       if (!i915_request_completed(rq)) {
+               if (i915_request_is_active(rq) && rq->fence.error != -EIO)
+                       *active = locked;
+               ret = true;
+       }
 
        spin_unlock_irq(&locked->active.lock);
 
-       return engine;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static struct intel_engine_cs *active_engine(struct intel_context *ce)
        if (!ce->timeline)
                return NULL;
 
-       mutex_lock(&ce->timeline->mutex);
-       list_for_each_entry_reverse(rq, &ce->timeline->requests, link) {
-               if (i915_request_completed(rq))
-                       break;
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       list_for_each_entry_rcu(rq, &ce->timeline->requests, link) {
+               if (i915_request_is_active(rq) && i915_request_completed(rq))
+                       continue;
 
                /* Check with the backend if the request is inflight */
-               engine = __active_engine(rq);
-               if (engine)
+               if (__active_engine(rq, &engine))
                        break;
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&ce->timeline->mutex);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        return engine;
 }