diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index d29e46a001b4..2c3cd6e635b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,25 @@ i915_request_await_external(struct i915_request *rq, struct dma_fence *fence)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_parallel_rq(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	return intel_context_is_parallel(rq->context);
+}
+
+static inline struct intel_context *request_to_parent(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	return intel_context_to_parent(rq->context);
+}
+
+static bool is_same_parallel_context(struct i915_request *to,
+				     struct i915_request *from)
+{
+	if (is_parallel_rq(to))
+		return request_to_parent(to) == request_to_parent(from);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 int
 i915_request_await_execution(struct i915_request *rq,
 			     struct dma_fence *fence)
@@ -1366,11 +1385,14 @@ i915_request_await_execution(struct i915_request *rq,
 		 * want to run our callback in all cases.
 		 */
 
-		if (dma_fence_is_i915(fence))
+		if (dma_fence_is_i915(fence)) {
+			if (is_same_parallel_context(rq, to_request(fence)))
+				continue;
 			ret = __i915_request_await_execution(rq,
 							     to_request(fence));
-		else
+		} else {
 			ret = i915_request_await_external(rq, fence);
+		}
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	} while (--nchild);
@@ -1471,10 +1493,13 @@ i915_request_await_dma_fence(struct i915_request *rq, struct dma_fence *fence)
 						 fence))
 			continue;
 
-		if (dma_fence_is_i915(fence))
+		if (dma_fence_is_i915(fence)) {
+			if (is_same_parallel_context(rq, to_request(fence)))
+				continue;
 			ret = i915_request_await_request(rq, to_request(fence));
-		else
+		} else {
 			ret = i915_request_await_external(rq, fence);
+		}
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
@@ -1549,16 +1574,6 @@ i915_request_await_object(struct i915_request *to,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline bool is_parallel_rq(struct i915_request *rq)
-{
-	return intel_context_is_parallel(rq->context);
-}
-
-static inline struct intel_context *request_to_parent(struct i915_request *rq)
-{
-	return intel_context_to_parent(rq->context);
-}
-
 static struct i915_request *
 __i915_request_ensure_parallel_ordering(struct i915_request *rq,
 					struct intel_timeline *timeline)