diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index b9eb6b3149b7..d034fa413164 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "gem/i915_gem_context.h"
 #include "gem/i915_gem_ioctls.h"
 #include "gem/i915_gem_pm.h"
+#include "gt/intel_context.h"
 #include "gt/intel_engine_user.h"
 #include "gt/intel_gt.h"
 #include "gt/intel_gt_pm.h"
@@ -1053,6 +1054,18 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int __intel_context_flush_retire(struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	struct intel_timeline *tl;
+
+	tl = intel_context_timeline_lock(ce);
+	if (IS_ERR(tl))
+		return PTR_ERR(tl);
+
+	intel_context_timeline_unlock(tl);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __intel_engines_record_defaults(struct intel_gt *gt)
 {
 	struct i915_request *requests[I915_NUM_ENGINES] = {};
@@ -1121,13 +1134,20 @@ err_rq:
 		if (!rq)
 			continue;
 
-		/* We want to be able to unbind the state from the GGTT */
-		GEM_BUG_ON(intel_context_is_pinned(rq->hw_context));
-
+		GEM_BUG_ON(!test_bit(CONTEXT_ALLOC_BIT,
+				     &rq->hw_context->flags));
 		state = rq->hw_context->state;
 		if (!state)
 			continue;
 
+		/* Serialise with retirement on another CPU */
+		err = __intel_context_flush_retire(rq->hw_context);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
+		/* We want to be able to unbind the state from the GGTT */
+		GEM_BUG_ON(intel_context_is_pinned(rq->hw_context));
+
 		/*
 		 * As we will hold a reference to the logical state, it will
 		 * not be torn down with the context, and importantly the