diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index a47fc25e6bb4..4619873f9620 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ describe_obj(struct seq_file *m, struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		   obj->base.size / 1024,
 		   obj->base.read_domains,
 		   obj->base.write_domain,
-		   obj->last_read_seqno,
-		   obj->last_write_seqno,
-		   obj->last_fenced_seqno,
+		   i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req),
+		   i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_write_req),
+		   i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_fenced_req),
 		   i915_cache_level_str(to_i915(obj->base.dev), obj->cache_level),
 		   obj->dirty ? " dirty" : "",
 		   obj->madv == I915_MADV_DONTNEED ? " purgeable" : "");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 48c0c4a60364..4924f1d3d4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1944,10 +1944,10 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object {
 	struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
 
 	/** Breadcrumb of last rendering to the buffer. */
-	uint32_t last_read_seqno;
-	uint32_t last_write_seqno;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *last_read_req;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *last_write_req;
 	/** Breadcrumb of last fenced GPU access to the buffer. */
-	uint32_t last_fenced_seqno;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *last_fenced_req;
 
 	/** Current tiling stride for the object, if it's tiled. */
 	uint32_t stride;
@@ -1986,9 +1986,10 @@ void i915_gem_track_fb(struct drm_i915_gem_object *old,
  * The request queue allows us to note sequence numbers that have been emitted
  * and may be associated with active buffers to be retired.
  *
- * By keeping this list, we can avoid having to do questionable
- * sequence-number comparisons on buffer last_rendering_seqnos, and associate
- * an emission time with seqnos for tracking how far ahead of the GPU we are.
+ * By keeping this list, we can avoid having to do questionable sequence
+ * number comparisons on buffer last_read|write_seqno. It also allows an
+ * emission time to be associated with the request for tracking how far ahead
+ * of the GPU the submission is.
  */
 struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	struct kref ref;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ef45e2eac952..a1110fb7e583 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1346,11 +1346,11 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_rendering__tail(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	/* Manually manage the write flush as we may have not yet
 	 * retired the buffer.
 	 *
-	 * Note that the last_write_seqno is always the earlier of
-	 * the two (read/write) seqno, so if we haved successfully waited,
+	 * Note that the last_write_req is always the earlier of
+	 * the two (read/write) requests, so if we haved successfully waited,
 	 * we know we have passed the last write.
 	 */
-	obj->last_write_seqno = 0;
+	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1363,14 +1363,18 @@ static __must_check int
 i915_gem_object_wait_rendering(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			       bool readonly)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = obj->ring;
 	u32 seqno;
 	int ret;
 
-	seqno = readonly ? obj->last_write_seqno : obj->last_read_seqno;
-	if (seqno == 0)
+	req = readonly ? obj->last_write_req : obj->last_read_req;
+	if (!req)
 		return 0;
 
+	seqno = i915_gem_request_get_seqno(req);
+	WARN_ON(seqno == 0);
+
 	ret = i915_wait_seqno(ring, seqno);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1386,6 +1390,7 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_rendering__nonblocking(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 					    struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv,
 					    bool readonly)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
 	struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = obj->ring;
@@ -1396,10 +1401,13 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_rendering__nonblocking(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev->struct_mutex));
 	BUG_ON(!dev_priv->mm.interruptible);
 
-	seqno = readonly ? obj->last_write_seqno : obj->last_read_seqno;
-	if (seqno == 0)
+	req = readonly ? obj->last_write_req : obj->last_read_req;
+	if (!req)
 		return 0;
 
+	seqno = i915_gem_request_get_seqno(req);
+	WARN_ON(seqno == 0);
+
 	ret = i915_gem_check_wedge(&dev_priv->gpu_error, true);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -2257,12 +2265,12 @@ static void
 i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			       struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
-	u32 seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req = intel_ring_get_request(ring);
 
 	BUG_ON(ring == NULL);
-	if (obj->ring != ring && obj->last_write_seqno) {
-		/* Keep the seqno relative to the current ring */
-		obj->last_write_seqno = seqno;
+	if (obj->ring != ring && obj->last_write_req) {
+		/* Keep the request relative to the current ring */
+		i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, req);
 	}
 	obj->ring = ring;
 
@@ -2274,7 +2282,7 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	list_move_tail(&obj->ring_list, &ring->active_list);
 
-	obj->last_read_seqno = seqno;
+	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_read_req, req);
 }
 
 void i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
@@ -2305,11 +2313,11 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_inactive(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	list_del_init(&obj->ring_list);
 	obj->ring = NULL;
 
-	obj->last_read_seqno = 0;
-	obj->last_write_seqno = 0;
+	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_read_req, NULL);
+	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, NULL);
 	obj->base.write_domain = 0;
 
-	obj->last_fenced_seqno = 0;
+	i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_fenced_req, NULL);
 
 	obj->active = 0;
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
@@ -2326,7 +2334,7 @@ i915_gem_object_retire(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		return;
 
 	if (i915_seqno_passed(ring->get_seqno(ring, true),
-			      obj->last_read_seqno))
+			      i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req)))
 		i915_gem_object_move_to_inactive(obj);
 }
 
@@ -2753,7 +2761,8 @@ i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 				      struct drm_i915_gem_object,
 				      ring_list);
 
-		if (!i915_seqno_passed(seqno, obj->last_read_seqno))
+		if (!i915_seqno_passed(seqno,
+			     i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req)))
 			break;
 
 		i915_gem_object_move_to_inactive(obj);
@@ -2872,7 +2881,8 @@ i915_gem_object_flush_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (obj->active) {
-		ret = i915_gem_check_olr(obj->ring, obj->last_read_seqno);
+		ret = i915_gem_check_olr(obj->ring,
+			     i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req));
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
@@ -2933,13 +2943,12 @@ i915_gem_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (obj->active) {
-		seqno = obj->last_read_seqno;
-		ring = obj->ring;
-	}
+	if (!obj->active || !obj->last_read_req)
+		goto out;
 
-	if (seqno == 0)
-		 goto out;
+	seqno = i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req);
+	WARN_ON(seqno == 0);
+	ring = obj->ring;
 
 	/* Do this after OLR check to make sure we make forward progress polling
 	 * on this IOCTL with a timeout <=0 (like busy ioctl)
@@ -2990,7 +2999,7 @@ i915_gem_object_sync(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	idx = intel_ring_sync_index(from, to);
 
-	seqno = obj->last_read_seqno;
+	seqno = i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req);
 	/* Optimization: Avoid semaphore sync when we are sure we already
 	 * waited for an object with higher seqno */
 	if (seqno <= from->semaphore.sync_seqno[idx])
@@ -3003,11 +3012,12 @@ i915_gem_object_sync(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	trace_i915_gem_ring_sync_to(from, to, seqno);
 	ret = to->semaphore.sync_to(to, from, seqno);
 	if (!ret)
-		/* We use last_read_seqno because sync_to()
+		/* We use last_read_req because sync_to()
 		 * might have just caused seqno wrap under
 		 * the radar.
 		 */
-		from->semaphore.sync_seqno[idx] = obj->last_read_seqno;
+		from->semaphore.sync_seqno[idx] =
+				i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -3321,12 +3331,13 @@ static void i915_gem_object_update_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 static int
 i915_gem_object_wait_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	if (obj->last_fenced_seqno) {
-		int ret = i915_wait_seqno(obj->ring, obj->last_fenced_seqno);
+	if (obj->last_fenced_req) {
+		int ret = i915_wait_seqno(obj->ring,
+			   i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_fenced_req));
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		obj->last_fenced_seqno = 0;
+		i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_fenced_req, NULL);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index f06027ba3ee5..4d9baef28e30 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ void
 i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
 				   struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
-	u32 seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req = intel_ring_get_request(ring);
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(vma, vmas, exec_list) {
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
 		i915_vma_move_to_active(vma, ring);
 		if (obj->base.write_domain) {
 			obj->dirty = 1;
-			obj->last_write_seqno = seqno;
+			i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, req);
 
 			intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, ring);
 
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
 			obj->base.write_domain &= ~I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS;
 		}
 		if (entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE) {
-			obj->last_fenced_seqno = seqno;
+			i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_fenced_req, req);
 			if (entry->flags & __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_FENCE) {
 				struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(ring->dev);
 				list_move_tail(&dev_priv->fence_regs[obj->fence_reg].lru_list,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
index 92db6654f93b..dd849df6a268 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ struct i915_address_space {
 	 * List of objects currently involved in rendering.
 	 *
 	 * Includes buffers having the contents of their GPU caches
-	 * flushed, not necessarily primitives.  last_rendering_seqno
+	 * flushed, not necessarily primitives. last_read_req
 	 * represents when the rendering involved will be completed.
 	 *
 	 * A reference is held on the buffer while on this list.
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ struct i915_address_space {
 	 * LRU list of objects which are not in the ringbuffer and
 	 * are ready to unbind, but are still in the GTT.
 	 *
-	 * last_rendering_seqno is 0 while an object is in this list.
+	 * last_read_req is NULL while an object is in this list.
 	 *
 	 * A reference is not held on the buffer while on this list,
 	 * as merely being GTT-bound shouldn't prevent its being
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
index 4727a4e2c87c..7a24bd1a51f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ i915_gem_set_tiling(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			}
 
 			obj->fence_dirty =
-				obj->last_fenced_seqno ||
+				obj->last_fenced_req ||
 				obj->fence_reg != I915_FENCE_REG_NONE;
 
 			obj->tiling_mode = args->tiling_mode;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index eea98d567431..af0ceeedda9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -670,8 +670,8 @@ static void capture_bo(struct drm_i915_error_buffer *err,
 
 	err->size = obj->base.size;
 	err->name = obj->base.name;
-	err->rseqno = obj->last_read_seqno;
-	err->wseqno = obj->last_write_seqno;
+	err->rseqno = i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_read_req);
+	err->wseqno = i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_write_req);
 	err->gtt_offset = vma->node.start;
 	err->read_domains = obj->base.read_domains;
 	err->write_domain = obj->base.write_domain;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index d54716655d32..70e75805994b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -9637,7 +9637,8 @@ static int intel_queue_mmio_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 {
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
 
-	intel_crtc->mmio_flip.seqno = obj->last_write_seqno;
+	intel_crtc->mmio_flip.seqno =
+			     i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_write_req);
 	intel_crtc->mmio_flip.ring = obj->ring;
 
 	schedule_work(&intel_crtc->mmio_flip.work);
@@ -9900,7 +9901,8 @@ static int intel_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		if (ret)
 			goto cleanup_unpin;
 
-		work->flip_queued_seqno = obj->last_write_seqno;
+		work->flip_queued_seqno =
+			     i915_gem_request_get_seqno(obj->last_write_req);
 		work->flip_queued_ring = obj->ring;
 	} else {
 		ret = dev_priv->display.queue_flip(dev, crtc, fb, obj, ring,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 20636e0e9b53..dbac132a5cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct  intel_engine_cs {
 	 * ringbuffer.
 	 *
 	 * Includes buffers having the contents of their GPU caches
-	 * flushed, not necessarily primitives.  last_rendering_seqno
+	 * flushed, not necessarily primitives.  last_read_req
 	 * represents when the rendering involved will be completed.
 	 *
 	 * A reference is held on the buffer while on this list.