diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
index 7137b6f24f550fb402b61d218bbda058cf5b433f..be2c285a0ac73f782642d34944dfc089aeaadfb7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
@@ -257,17 +257,17 @@ static void signal_irq_work(struct irq_work *work)
 			list_del_rcu(&rq->signal_link);
 			release = remove_signaling_context(b, ce);
 			spin_unlock(&ce->signal_lock);
+			if (release) {
+				if (intel_timeline_is_last(ce->timeline, rq))
+					add_retire(b, ce->timeline);
+				intel_context_put(ce);
+			}
 
 			if (__dma_fence_signal(&rq->fence))
 				/* We own signal_node now, xfer to local list */
 				signal = slist_add(&rq->signal_node, signal);
 			else
 				i915_request_put(rq);
-
-			if (release) {
-				add_retire(b, ce->timeline);
-				intel_context_put(ce);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	atomic_dec(&b->signaler_active);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
index eb69eef9d7db8d6025ff2e4f804678a374133093..aadd04f8dc9efdcd3b3d5c9e02f1b04c3bd81ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static inline void __execlists_schedule_out(struct i915_request *rq)
 	 * If we have just completed this context, the engine may now be
 	 * idle and we want to re-enter powersaving.
 	 */
-	if (list_is_last_rcu(&rq->link, &ce->timeline->requests) &&
+	if (intel_timeline_is_last(ce->timeline, rq) &&
 	    __i915_request_is_complete(rq))
 		intel_engine_add_retire(engine, ce->timeline);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.h
index f502a619843fe66048391a7a4b228947ff7d4bdd..dcdee692a80e72f17dd07acaad62394a35f7a0e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.h
@@ -110,4 +110,11 @@ void intel_gt_show_timelines(struct intel_gt *gt,
 						  const char *prefix,
 						  int indent));
 
+static inline bool
+intel_timeline_is_last(const struct intel_timeline *tl,
+		       const struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	return list_is_last_rcu(&rq->link, &tl->requests);
+}
+
 #endif