return rq->sched.attr.priority | __NO_PREEMPTION;
 }
 
-static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
+static inline bool need_preempt(int prio, int active)
 {
-       const struct i915_request *inflight = *engine->execlists.active;
+       /*
+        * Allow preemption of low -> normal -> high, but we do
+        * not allow low priority tasks to preempt other low priority
+        * tasks under the impression that latency for low priority
+        * tasks does not matter (as much as background throughput),
+        * so kiss.
+        */
+       return prio >= max(I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL, active);
+}
+
+static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
+                           const struct i915_request *rq,
+                           int prio)
+{
+       const struct i915_request *inflight;
+
+       /*
+        * We only need to kick the tasklet once for the high priority
+        * new context we add into the queue.
+        */
+       if (prio <= engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint)
+               return;
+
+       rcu_read_lock();
+
+       /* Nothing currently active? We're overdue for a submission! */
+       inflight = execlists_active(&engine->execlists);
+       if (!inflight)
+               goto unlock;
 
        /*
         * If we are already the currently executing context, don't
         * tasklet, i.e. we have not change the priority queue
         * sufficiently to oust the running context.
         */
-       if (!inflight || !i915_scheduler_need_preempt(prio, rq_prio(inflight)))
-               return;
+       if (inflight->hw_context == rq->hw_context)
+               goto unlock;
 
-       tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+       engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
+       if (need_preempt(prio, rq_prio(inflight)))
+               tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+
+unlock:
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void __i915_schedule(struct i915_sched_node *node,
                        list_move_tail(&node->link, cache.priolist);
                }
 
-               if (prio <= engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint)
-                       continue;
-
-               engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
-
                /* Defer (tasklet) submission until after all of our updates. */
-               kick_submission(engine, prio);
+               kick_submission(engine, node_to_request(node), prio);
        }
 
        spin_unlock(&engine->active.lock);