diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index e967d266bc3c..d9f6dedae0d7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static void i915_guc_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			rq->priotree.priority = INT_MAX;
 
 			__i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
-			trace_i915_gem_request_in(rq, port_index(port, engine));
+			trace_i915_gem_request_in(rq, port_index(port, el));
 			last = rq;
 			submit = true;
 		}
@@ -615,7 +615,8 @@ static void i915_guc_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 static void i915_guc_irq_handler(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_cs * const engine = (struct intel_engine_cs *)data;
-	struct execlist_port *port = engine->execlist.port;
+	struct intel_engine_execlist * const el = &engine->execlist;
+	struct execlist_port *port = el->port;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq;
 
 	rq = port_request(&port[0]);
@@ -623,8 +624,7 @@ static void i915_guc_irq_handler(unsigned long data)
 		trace_i915_gem_request_out(rq);
 		i915_gem_request_put(rq);
 
-		port[0] = port[1];
-		memset(&port[1], 0, sizeof(port[1]));
+		execlist_port_complete(el, port);
 
 		rq = port_request(&port[0]);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index ffb9c900328b..3008e13f9c47 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ static void port_assign(struct execlist_port *port,
 static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *last;
-	struct execlist_port *port = engine->execlist.port;
+	struct intel_engine_execlist * const el = &engine->execlist;
+	struct execlist_port *port = el->port;
 	struct rb_node *rb;
 	bool submit = false;
 
@@ -468,8 +469,6 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		 */
 		last->tail = last->wa_tail;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(port_isset(&port[1]));
-
 	/* Hardware submission is through 2 ports. Conceptually each port
 	 * has a (RING_START, RING_HEAD, RING_TAIL) tuple. RING_START is
 	 * static for a context, and unique to each, so we only execute
@@ -492,8 +491,8 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 */
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&engine->timeline->lock);
-	rb = engine->execlist.first;
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rb_first(&engine->execlist.queue) != rb);
+	rb = el->first;
+	GEM_BUG_ON(rb_first(&el->queue) != rb);
 	while (rb) {
 		struct i915_priolist *p = rb_entry(rb, typeof(*p), node);
 		struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq, *rn;
@@ -516,7 +515,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				 * combine this request with the last, then we
 				 * are done.
 				 */
-				if (port != engine->execlist.port) {
+				if (port != el->port) {
 					__list_del_many(&p->requests,
 							&rq->priotree.link);
 					goto done;
@@ -541,25 +540,27 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				if (submit)
 					port_assign(port, last);
 				port++;
+
+				GEM_BUG_ON(port_isset(port));
 			}
 
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->priotree.link);
 			rq->priotree.priority = INT_MAX;
 
 			__i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
-			trace_i915_gem_request_in(rq, port_index(port, engine));
+			trace_i915_gem_request_in(rq, port_index(port, el));
 			last = rq;
 			submit = true;
 		}
 
 		rb = rb_next(rb);
-		rb_erase(&p->node, &engine->execlist.queue);
+		rb_erase(&p->node, &el->queue);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->requests);
 		if (p->priority != I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
 			kmem_cache_free(engine->i915->priorities, p);
 	}
 done:
-	engine->execlist.first = rb;
+	el->first = rb;
 	if (submit)
 		port_assign(port, last);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&engine->timeline->lock);
@@ -748,8 +749,7 @@ static void intel_lrc_irq_handler(unsigned long data)
 				trace_i915_gem_request_out(rq);
 				i915_gem_request_put(rq);
 
-				port[0] = port[1];
-				memset(&port[1], 0, sizeof(port[1]));
+				execlist_port_complete(el, port);
 			} else {
 				port_set(port, port_pack(rq, count));
 			}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 9469f314d3fa..bbf3dfe4c340 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct intel_engine_execlist {
 #define port_unpack(p, count) ptr_unpack_bits((p)->request_count, count, EXECLIST_COUNT_BITS)
 #define port_set(p, packed) ((p)->request_count = (packed))
 #define port_isset(p) ((p)->request_count)
-#define port_index(p, e) ((p) - (e)->execlist.port)
+#define port_index(p, el) ((p) - (el)->port)
 
 		/**
 		 * @context_id: context ID for port
@@ -511,6 +511,18 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 	u32 (*get_cmd_length_mask)(u32 cmd_header);
 };
 
+static inline void
+execlist_port_complete(struct intel_engine_execlist * const el,
+		       struct execlist_port * const port)
+{
+	struct execlist_port * const port1 = &el->port[1];
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(port_index(port, el) != 0);
+
+	*port = *port1;
+	memset(port1, 0, sizeof(struct execlist_port));
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int
 intel_engine_flag(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
