diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index b9520319684a..b09bd1729d39 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2414,10 +2414,14 @@ static void reset_csb_pointers(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 static struct i915_request *active_request(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	const struct list_head * const list = &rq->timeline->requests;
 	const struct intel_context * const ce = rq->hw_context;
 	struct i915_request *active = NULL;
+	struct list_head *list;
 
+	if (!i915_request_is_active(rq)) /* unwound, but incomplete! */
+		return rq;
+
+	list = &rq->timeline->requests;
 	list_for_each_entry_from_reverse(rq, list, link) {
 		if (i915_request_completed(rq))
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
index eeb3bd0c4d69..8cea42379dd7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ static void engine_skip_context(struct i915_request *rq)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
 	struct i915_gem_context *hung_ctx = rq->gem_context;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
-
 	if (!i915_request_is_active(rq))
 		return;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_continue(rq, &engine->active.requests, sched.link)
 		if (rq->gem_context == hung_ctx)
 			i915_request_skip(rq, -EIO);
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ void __i915_request_reset(struct i915_request *rq, bool guilty)
 		  rq->fence.seqno,
 		  yesno(guilty));
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&rq->engine->active.lock);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_completed(rq));
 
 	if (guilty) {