diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 45d507ebd3ff..92aeb918e0c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1468,6 +1468,7 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->user_irq_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->error_lock);
 	dev_priv->user_irq_refcount = 0;
+	dev_priv->trace_irq_seqno = 0;
 
 	ret = drm_vblank_init(dev, I915_NUM_PIPE);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index b24b2d145b75..6035d3dae851 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	spinlock_t user_irq_lock;
 	/** Refcount for i915_user_irq_get() versus i915_user_irq_put(). */
 	int user_irq_refcount;
+	u32 trace_irq_seqno;
 	/** Cached value of IMR to avoid reads in updating the bitfield */
 	u32 irq_mask_reg;
 	u32 pipestat[2];
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@ extern int i915_irq_emit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 extern int i915_irq_wait(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			 struct drm_file *file_priv);
 void i915_user_irq_get(struct drm_device *dev);
+void i915_trace_irq_get(struct drm_device *dev, u32 seqno);
 void i915_user_irq_put(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void i915_enable_interrupt (struct drm_device *dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index b5f9df230d09..abfc27b0c2ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_device *dev)
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	uint32_t seqno;
 
-	if (!dev_priv->hw_status_page)
+	if (!dev_priv->hw_status_page || list_empty(&dev_priv->mm.request_list))
 		return;
 
 	seqno = i915_get_gem_seqno(dev);
@@ -1794,6 +1794,12 @@ i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_device *dev)
 		} else
 			break;
 	}
+
+	if (unlikely (dev_priv->trace_irq_seqno &&
+		      i915_seqno_passed(dev_priv->trace_irq_seqno, seqno))) {
+		i915_user_irq_put(dev);
+		dev_priv->trace_irq_seqno = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 4dfeec7cdd42..c3ceffa46ea0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -725,6 +725,16 @@ void i915_user_irq_put(struct drm_device *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->user_irq_lock, irqflags);
 }
 
+void i915_trace_irq_get(struct drm_device *dev, u32 seqno)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
+
+	if (dev_priv->trace_irq_seqno == 0)
+		i915_user_irq_get(dev);
+
+	dev_priv->trace_irq_seqno = seqno;
+}
+
 static int i915_wait_irq(struct drm_device * dev, int irq_nr)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
index 908b3c4d8cf7..01840d9bc38f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(i915_gem_request_submit,
 	    TP_fast_assign(
 			   __entry->dev = dev->primary->index;
 			   __entry->seqno = seqno;
+			   i915_trace_irq_get(dev, seqno);
 			   ),
 
 	    TP_printk("dev=%u, seqno=%u", __entry->dev, __entry->seqno)