db_exc.cookie = 1;
        }
 
-       /* Finally, update the cached copy of the GuC's WQ head */
-       gc->wq_head = desc->head;
-
        return ret;
 }
 
        if (!gc)
                return 0;
 
-       /* Quickly return if wq space is available since last time we cache the
-        * head position. */
-       if (CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, gc->wq_head, gc->wq_size) >= size)
-               return 0;
-
        desc = gc->client_base + gc->proc_desc_offset;
 
        while (timeout_counter-- > 0) {
-               gc->wq_head = desc->head;
-
-               if (CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, gc->wq_head, gc->wq_size) >= size) {
+               if (CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, desc->head, gc->wq_size) >= size) {
                        ret = 0;
                        break;
                }
 static int guc_add_workqueue_item(struct i915_guc_client *gc,
                                  struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
 {
+       struct guc_process_desc *desc;
        struct guc_wq_item *wqi;
        void *base;
        u32 tail, wq_len, wq_off, space;
 
-       space = CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, gc->wq_head, gc->wq_size);
+       desc = gc->client_base + gc->proc_desc_offset;
+       space = CIRC_SPACE(gc->wq_tail, desc->head, gc->wq_size);
        if (WARN_ON(space < sizeof(struct guc_wq_item)))
                return -ENOSPC; /* shouldn't happen */