if (i915_request_completed(next))
                return true;
 
-       if (unlikely(prev->flags ^ next->flags) & I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT)
+       if (unlikely((prev->flags ^ next->flags) &
+                    (I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT | I915_REQUEST_SENTINEL)))
                return false;
 
        if (!can_merge_ctx(prev->hw_context, next->hw_context))
                                if (last->hw_context == rq->hw_context)
                                        goto done;
 
+                               if (i915_request_has_sentinel(last))
+                                       goto done;
+
                                /*
                                 * If GVT overrides us we only ever submit
                                 * port[0], leaving port[1] empty. Note that we
 
        unsigned long emitted_jiffies;
 
        unsigned long flags;
-#define I915_REQUEST_WAITBOOST BIT(0)
-#define I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT BIT(1)
+#define I915_REQUEST_WAITBOOST BIT(0)
+#define I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT BIT(1)
+#define I915_REQUEST_SENTINEL  BIT(2)
 
        /** timeline->request entry for this request */
        struct list_head link;
        return unlikely(rq->flags & I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT);
 }
 
+static inline bool i915_request_has_sentinel(const struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+       return unlikely(rq->flags & I915_REQUEST_SENTINEL);
+}
+
 static inline struct intel_timeline *
 i915_request_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
 {