diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e5e2083..3c85c1b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ struct i915_hw_ppgtt {
 /* This must match up with the value previously used for execbuf2.rsvd1. */
 #define DEFAULT_CONTEXT_ID 0
 struct i915_hw_context {
+	struct kref ref;
 	int id;
 	bool is_initialized;
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
@@ -1260,6 +1261,9 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	/** Postion in the ringbuffer of the end of the request */
 	u32 tail;
 
+	/** Context related to this request */
+	struct i915_hw_context *ctx;
+
 	/** Time at which this request was emitted, in jiffies. */
 	unsigned long emitted_jiffies;
 
@@ -1646,9 +1650,10 @@ int __must_check i915_gpu_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
 int __must_check i915_gem_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
 int _i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		      u32 *seqno,
-		      struct drm_file *file);
+		      struct drm_file *file,
+		      struct i915_hw_context *ctx);
 #define i915_add_request(ring, seqno) \
-	_i915_add_request(ring, seqno, NULL)
+	_i915_add_request(ring, seqno, NULL, NULL)
 int __must_check i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 				 uint32_t seqno);
 int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
@@ -1692,6 +1697,17 @@ void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
 struct i915_hw_context * __must_check
 i915_switch_context(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		    struct drm_file *file, int to_id);
+void i915_gem_context_free(struct kref *ctx_ref);
+static inline void i915_gem_context_reference(struct i915_hw_context *ctx)
+{
+	kref_get(&ctx->ref);
+}
+
+static inline void i915_gem_context_unreference(struct i915_hw_context *ctx)
+{
+	kref_put(&ctx->ref, i915_gem_context_free);
+}
+
 int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 				  struct drm_file *file);
 int i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index d3ce0a7..f586f9c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,8 @@ i915_gem_get_seqno(struct drm_device *dev, u32 *seqno)
 
 int _i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		      u32 *out_seqno,
-		      struct drm_file *file)
+		      struct drm_file *file,
+		      struct i915_hw_context *ctx)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
@@ -2041,6 +2042,11 @@ int _i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	request->seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
 	request->ring = ring;
 	request->tail = request_ring_position;
+	request->ctx = ctx;
+
+	if (request->ctx)
+		i915_gem_context_reference(ctx);
+
 	request->emitted_jiffies = jiffies;
 	was_empty = list_empty(&ring->request_list);
 	list_add_tail(&request->list, &ring->request_list);
@@ -2093,6 +2099,17 @@ i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	spin_unlock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
 }
 
+static void i915_gem_free_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
+{
+	list_del(&request->list);
+	i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(request);
+
+	if (request->ctx)
+		i915_gem_context_unreference(request->ctx);
+
+	kfree(request);
+}
+
 static void i915_gem_reset_ring_lists(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 				      struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 {
@@ -2103,9 +2120,7 @@ static void i915_gem_reset_ring_lists(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 					   struct drm_i915_gem_request,
 					   list);
 
-		list_del(&request->list);
-		i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(request);
-		kfree(request);
+		i915_gem_free_request(request);
 	}
 
 	while (!list_empty(&ring->active_list)) {
@@ -2197,9 +2212,7 @@ i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 		 */
 		ring->last_retired_head = request->tail;
 
-		list_del(&request->list);
-		i915_gem_request_remove_from_client(request);
-		kfree(request);
+		i915_gem_free_request(request);
 	}
 
 	/* Move any buffers on the active list that are no longer referenced
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index ddf26a6..de01a18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -126,11 +126,19 @@ static int get_context_size(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 static void do_destroy(struct i915_hw_context *ctx)
 {
+	drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx->obj->base);
+	kfree(ctx);
+}
+
+void i915_gem_context_free(struct kref *ctx_ref)
+{
+	struct i915_hw_context *ctx = container_of(ctx_ref,
+						   typeof(*ctx), ref);
+
 	if (ctx->file_priv)
 		idr_remove(&ctx->file_priv->context_idr, ctx->id);
 
-	drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx->obj->base);
-	kfree(ctx);
+	do_destroy(ctx);
 }
 
 static struct i915_hw_context *
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@ create_hw_context(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ctx == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	kref_init(&ctx->ref);
 	ctx->obj = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, dev_priv->hw_context_size);
 	if (ctx->obj == NULL) {
 		kfree(ctx);
@@ -275,8 +284,8 @@ static int context_idr_cleanup(int id, void *p, void *data)
 
 	BUG_ON(id == DEFAULT_CONTEXT_ID);
 
-	do_destroy(ctx);
-
+	ctx->file_priv = NULL;
+	i915_gem_context_unreference(ctx);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -511,7 +520,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	do_destroy(ctx);
+	i915_gem_context_unreference(ctx);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index b413962..757b52d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -796,13 +796,14 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *objects,
 static void
 i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(struct drm_device *dev,
 				    struct drm_file *file,
-				    struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
+				    struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
+				    struct i915_hw_context *ctx)
 {
 	/* Unconditionally force add_request to emit a full flush. */
 	ring->gpu_caches_dirty = true;
 
 	/* Add a breadcrumb for the completion of the batch buffer */
-	(void)_i915_add_request(ring, NULL, file);
+	(void)_i915_add_request(ring, NULL, file, ctx);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1077,7 +1078,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	trace_i915_gem_ring_dispatch(ring, intel_ring_get_seqno(ring), flags);
 
 	i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(&eb->objects, ring);
-	i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(dev, file, ring);
+	i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(dev, file, ring, ctx);
 
 err:
 	eb_destroy(eb);
