diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 5aea6ddd5091..7d7339c8ec96 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2212,6 +2212,8 @@ int i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 			   struct drm_i915_gem_request **req_out);
 void i915_gem_request_cancel(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
 void i915_gem_request_free(struct kref *req_ref);
+int i915_gem_request_add_to_client(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
+				   struct drm_file *file);
 
 static inline uint32_t
 i915_gem_request_get_seqno(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
@@ -2891,13 +2893,12 @@ void i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gpu_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gem_suspend(struct drm_device *dev);
 void __i915_add_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
-			struct drm_file *file,
 			struct drm_i915_gem_object *batch_obj,
 			bool flush_caches);
 #define i915_add_request(req) \
-	__i915_add_request(req, NULL, NULL, true)
+	__i915_add_request(req, NULL, true)
 #define i915_add_request_no_flush(req) \
-	__i915_add_request(req, NULL, NULL, false)
+	__i915_add_request(req, NULL, false)
 int __i915_wait_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 			unsigned reset_counter,
 			bool interruptible,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index d1193dcb8729..10832c05e96d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1331,6 +1331,33 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int i915_gem_request_add_to_client(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
+				   struct drm_file *file)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_private;
+	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
+
+	WARN_ON(!req || !file || req->file_priv);
+
+	if (!req || !file)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (req->file_priv)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev_private = req->ring->dev->dev_private;
+	file_priv = file->driver_priv;
+
+	spin_lock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
+	req->file_priv = file_priv;
+	list_add_tail(&req->client_list, &file_priv->mm.request_list);
+	spin_unlock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
+
+	req->pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void
 i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 {
@@ -1343,6 +1370,9 @@ i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	list_del(&request->client_list);
 	request->file_priv = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
+
+	put_pid(request->pid);
+	request->pid = NULL;
 }
 
 static void i915_gem_request_retire(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
@@ -1362,8 +1392,6 @@ static void i915_gem_request_retire(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	list_del_init(&request->list);
 	i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(request);
 
-	put_pid(request->pid);
-
 	i915_gem_request_unreference(request);
 }
 
@@ -2468,7 +2496,6 @@ i915_gem_get_seqno(struct drm_device *dev, u32 *seqno)
  * going to happen on the hardware. This would be a Bad Thing(tm).
  */
 void __i915_add_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
-			struct drm_file *file,
 			struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			bool flush_caches)
 {
@@ -2538,19 +2565,6 @@ void __i915_add_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
 
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);
-	request->file_priv = NULL;
-
-	if (file) {
-		struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv = file->driver_priv;
-
-		spin_lock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
-		request->file_priv = file_priv;
-		list_add_tail(&request->client_list,
-			      &file_priv->mm.request_list);
-		spin_unlock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
-
-		request->pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
-	}
 
 	trace_i915_gem_request_add(request);
 
@@ -2616,6 +2630,9 @@ void i915_gem_request_free(struct kref *req_ref)
 						 typeof(*req), ref);
 	struct intel_context *ctx = req->ctx;
 
+	if (req->file_priv)
+		i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(req);
+
 	if (ctx) {
 		if (i915.enable_execlists) {
 			struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
@@ -4314,6 +4331,13 @@ i915_gem_ring_throttle(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 		if (time_after_eq(request->emitted_jiffies, recent_enough))
 			break;
 
+		/*
+		 * Note that the request might not have been submitted yet.
+		 * In which case emitted_jiffies will be zero.
+		 */
+		if (!request->emitted_jiffies)
+			continue;
+
 		target = request;
 	}
 	reset_counter = atomic_read(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 3aa2358c2b93..600db7441847 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params)
 	params->ring->gpu_caches_dirty = true;
 
 	/* Add a breadcrumb for the completion of the batch buffer */
-	__i915_add_request(params->request, params->file, params->batch_obj, true);
+	__i915_add_request(params->request, params->batch_obj, true);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1620,6 +1620,10 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_batch_unpin;
 
+	ret = i915_gem_request_add_to_client(params->request, file);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_batch_unpin;
+
 	/*
 	 * Save assorted stuff away to pass through to *_submission().
 	 * NB: This data should be 'persistent' and not local as it will