diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 36a4413..d30823e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1996,6 +1996,9 @@ void i915_gem_track_fb(struct drm_i915_gem_object *old,
 struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	struct kref ref;
 
+	/** Is this request known to be complete? */
+	bool complete;
+
 	/** On Which ring this request was generated */
 	struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
 
@@ -2030,6 +2033,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 };
 
 void i915_gem_request_free(struct kref *req_ref);
+void i915_gem_complete_requests_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+				     bool lazy_coherency);
 
 static inline uint32_t
 i915_gem_request_get_seqno(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
@@ -2070,11 +2075,16 @@ static inline void i915_gem_request_assign(struct drm_i915_gem_request **pdst,
 	*pdst = src;
 }
 
-/*
- * XXX: i915_gem_request_completed should be here but currently needs the
- * definition of i915_seqno_passed() which is below. It will be moved in
- * a later patch when the call to i915_seqno_passed() is obsoleted...
- */
+static inline bool i915_gem_request_completed(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
+					      bool lazy_coherency)
+{
+	if (req->complete)
+		return true;
+
+	i915_gem_complete_requests_ring(req->ring, lazy_coherency);
+
+	return req->complete;
+}
 
 struct drm_i915_file_private {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv;
@@ -3134,18 +3144,6 @@ wait_remaining_ms_from_jiffies(unsigned long timestamp_jiffies, int to_wait_ms)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline bool i915_gem_request_completed(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
-					      bool lazy_coherency)
-{
-	u32 seqno;
-
-	BUG_ON(req == NULL);
-
-	seqno = req->ring->get_seqno(req->ring, lazy_coherency);
-
-	return i915_seqno_passed(seqno, req->seqno);
-}
-
 static inline void i915_trace_irq_get(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 				      struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 68c23dd..ce316fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2736,6 +2736,30 @@ void i915_gem_request_unreference_irq(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->reqlist_lock, flags);
 }
 
+void i915_gem_complete_requests_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+				     bool lazy_coherency)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
+	u32 seqno;
+
+	seqno = ring->get_seqno(ring, lazy_coherency);
+	if (!seqno)
+		return;
+
+	if (seqno == ring->last_read_seqno)
+		return;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(req, &ring->request_list, list) {
+		if (req->complete)
+			continue;
+
+		if (i915_seqno_passed(seqno, req->seqno))
+			req->complete = true;
+	}
+
+	ring->last_read_seqno = seqno;
+}
+
 /**
  * This function clears the request list as sequence numbers are passed.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 0acb448..6711020 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ static int logical_ring_alloc_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	kref_init(&request->ref);
 	request->ring = ring;
+	request->complete = false;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &request->seqno);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 5a1e6fe..92c72b3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2047,6 +2047,7 @@ intel_ring_alloc_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 
 	kref_init(&request->ref);
 	request->ring = ring;
+	request->complete = false;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_get_seqno(ring->dev, &request->seqno);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -2139,6 +2140,7 @@ void intel_ring_init_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, u32 seqno)
 			I915_WRITE(RING_SYNC_2(ring->mmio_base), 0);
 	}
 
+	ring->last_read_seqno = 0;
 	ring->set_seqno(ring, seqno);
 	ring->hangcheck.seqno = seqno;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index c8b84de..1c035c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ struct  intel_engine_cs {
 	bool gpu_caches_dirty;
 	bool fbc_dirty;
 
+	/* For optimising request completion events */
+	u32 last_read_seqno;
+
 	wait_queue_head_t irq_queue;
 
 	struct intel_context *default_context;
