diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
index 55f02dd1598d..485e98f3f304 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
@@ -96,11 +96,17 @@ inline int intel_guc_send(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len)
 }
 
 #define INTEL_GUC_SEND_NB		BIT(31)
+#define INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_SHIFT	0
+#define INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_MASK	(0xff << INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_SHIFT)
+#define MAKE_SEND_FLAGS(len) \
+	({GEM_BUG_ON(!FIELD_FIT(INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_MASK, len)); \
+	(FIELD_PREP(INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_MASK, len) | INTEL_GUC_SEND_NB);})
 static
-inline int intel_guc_send_nb(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len)
+inline int intel_guc_send_nb(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len,
+			     u32 g2h_len_dw)
 {
 	return intel_guc_ct_send(&guc->ct, action, len, NULL, 0,
-				 INTEL_GUC_SEND_NB);
+				 MAKE_SEND_FLAGS(g2h_len_dw));
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -114,6 +120,7 @@ intel_guc_send_and_receive(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len,
 static inline int intel_guc_send_busy_loop(struct intel_guc* guc,
 					   const u32 *action,
 					   u32 len,
+					   u32 g2h_len_dw,
 					   bool loop)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ static inline int intel_guc_send_busy_loop(struct intel_guc* guc,
 	might_sleep_if(loop && (!in_atomic() && !irqs_disabled()));
 
 retry:
-	err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action, len);
+	err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action, len, g2h_len_dw);
 	if (unlikely(err == -EBUSY && loop)) {
 		if (likely(!in_atomic() && !irqs_disabled()))
 			cond_resched();
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
index 8e48bf260eab..f1893030ca88 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static inline struct drm_device *ct_to_drm(struct intel_guc_ct *ct)
 #define CTB_DESC_SIZE		ALIGN(sizeof(struct guc_ct_buffer_desc), SZ_2K)
 #define CTB_H2G_BUFFER_SIZE	(SZ_4K)
 #define CTB_G2H_BUFFER_SIZE	(4 * CTB_H2G_BUFFER_SIZE)
+#define G2H_ROOM_BUFFER_SIZE	(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 #define MAX_US_STALL_CTB	1000000
 
@@ -131,23 +132,27 @@ static void guc_ct_buffer_desc_init(struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc)
 
 static void guc_ct_buffer_reset(struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb)
 {
+	u32 space;
+
 	ctb->broken = false;
 	ctb->tail = 0;
 	ctb->head = 0;
-	ctb->space = CIRC_SPACE(ctb->tail, ctb->head, ctb->size);
+	space = CIRC_SPACE(ctb->tail, ctb->head, ctb->size) - ctb->resv_space;
+	atomic_set(&ctb->space, space);
 
 	guc_ct_buffer_desc_init(ctb->desc);
 }
 
 static void guc_ct_buffer_init(struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb,
 			       struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc,
-			       u32 *cmds, u32 size_in_bytes)
+			       u32 *cmds, u32 size_in_bytes, u32 resv_space)
 {
 	GEM_BUG_ON(size_in_bytes % 4);
 
 	ctb->desc = desc;
 	ctb->cmds = cmds;
 	ctb->size = size_in_bytes / 4;
+	ctb->resv_space = resv_space / 4;
 
 	guc_ct_buffer_reset(ctb);
 }
@@ -228,6 +233,7 @@ int intel_guc_ct_init(struct intel_guc_ct *ct)
 	struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc;
 	u32 blob_size;
 	u32 cmds_size;
+	u32 resv_space;
 	void *blob;
 	u32 *cmds;
 	int err;
@@ -252,19 +258,21 @@ int intel_guc_ct_init(struct intel_guc_ct *ct)
 	desc = blob;
 	cmds = blob + 2 * CTB_DESC_SIZE;
 	cmds_size = CTB_H2G_BUFFER_SIZE;
-	CT_DEBUG(ct, "%s desc %#lx cmds %#lx size %u\n", "send",
-		 ptrdiff(desc, blob), ptrdiff(cmds, blob), cmds_size);
+	resv_space = 0;
+	CT_DEBUG(ct, "%s desc %#lx cmds %#lx size %u/%u\n", "send",
+		 ptrdiff(desc, blob), ptrdiff(cmds, blob), cmds_size, resv_space);
 
-	guc_ct_buffer_init(&ct->ctbs.send, desc, cmds, cmds_size);
+	guc_ct_buffer_init(&ct->ctbs.send, desc, cmds, cmds_size, resv_space);
 
 	/* store pointers to desc and cmds for recv ctb */
 	desc = blob + CTB_DESC_SIZE;
 	cmds = blob + 2 * CTB_DESC_SIZE + CTB_H2G_BUFFER_SIZE;
 	cmds_size = CTB_G2H_BUFFER_SIZE;
-	CT_DEBUG(ct, "%s desc %#lx cmds %#lx size %u\n", "recv",
-		 ptrdiff(desc, blob), ptrdiff(cmds, blob), cmds_size);
+	resv_space = G2H_ROOM_BUFFER_SIZE;
+	CT_DEBUG(ct, "%s desc %#lx cmds %#lx size %u/%u\n", "recv",
+		 ptrdiff(desc, blob), ptrdiff(cmds, blob), cmds_size, resv_space);
 
-	guc_ct_buffer_init(&ct->ctbs.recv, desc, cmds, cmds_size);
+	guc_ct_buffer_init(&ct->ctbs.recv, desc, cmds, cmds_size, resv_space);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -450,7 +458,7 @@ static int ct_write(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
 	/* now update descriptor */
 	ctb->tail = tail;
 	WRITE_ONCE(desc->tail, tail);
-	ctb->space -= len + 1;
+	atomic_sub(len + 1, &ctb->space);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -514,13 +522,34 @@ static inline bool ct_deadlocked(struct intel_guc_ct *ct)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline bool g2h_has_room(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 g2h_len_dw)
+{
+	struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.recv;
+
+	/*
+	 * We leave a certain amount of space in the G2H CTB buffer for
+	 * unexpected G2H CTBs (e.g. logging, engine hang, etc...)
+	 */
+	return !g2h_len_dw || atomic_read(&ctb->space) >= g2h_len_dw;
+}
+
+static inline void g2h_reserve_space(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 g2h_len_dw)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&ct->ctbs.send.lock);
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!g2h_has_room(ct, g2h_len_dw));
+
+	if (g2h_len_dw)
+		atomic_sub(g2h_len_dw, &ct->ctbs.recv.space);
+}
+
 static inline bool h2g_has_room(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 len_dw)
 {
 	struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.send;
 	u32 head;
 	u32 space;
 
-	if (ctb->space >= len_dw)
+	if (atomic_read(&ctb->space) >= len_dw)
 		return true;
 
 	head = READ_ONCE(ctb->desc->head);
@@ -533,16 +562,16 @@ static inline bool h2g_has_room(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 len_dw)
 	}
 
 	space = CIRC_SPACE(ctb->tail, head, ctb->size);
-	ctb->space = space;
+	atomic_set(&ctb->space, space);
 
 	return space >= len_dw;
 }
 
-static int has_room_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 len_dw)
+static int has_room_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 h2g_dw, u32 g2h_dw)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ct->ctbs.send.lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ct, len_dw))) {
+	if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ct, h2g_dw) || !g2h_has_room(ct, g2h_dw))) {
 		if (ct->stall_time == KTIME_MAX)
 			ct->stall_time = ktime_get();
 
@@ -556,6 +585,9 @@ static int has_room_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 len_dw)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define G2H_LEN_DW(f) \
+	FIELD_GET(INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_MASK, f) ? \
+	FIELD_GET(INTEL_GUC_SEND_G2H_DW_MASK, f) + GUC_CTB_HXG_MSG_MIN_LEN : 0
 static int ct_send_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
 		      const u32 *action,
 		      u32 len,
@@ -563,12 +595,13 @@ static int ct_send_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
 {
 	struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.send;
 	unsigned long spin_flags;
+	u32 g2h_len_dw = G2H_LEN_DW(flags);
 	u32 fence;
 	int ret;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctb->lock, spin_flags);
 
-	ret = has_room_nb(ct, len + 1);
+	ret = has_room_nb(ct, len + 1, g2h_len_dw);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -577,6 +610,7 @@ static int ct_send_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto out;
 
+	g2h_reserve_space(ct, g2h_len_dw);
 	intel_guc_notify(ct_to_guc(ct));
 
 out:
@@ -963,10 +997,22 @@ static void ct_incoming_request_worker_func(struct work_struct *w)
 static int ct_handle_event(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, struct ct_incoming_msg *request)
 {
 	const u32 *hxg = &request->msg[GUC_CTB_MSG_MIN_LEN];
+	u32 action = FIELD_GET(GUC_HXG_EVENT_MSG_0_ACTION, hxg[0]);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(FIELD_GET(GUC_HXG_MSG_0_TYPE, hxg[0]) != GUC_HXG_TYPE_EVENT);
 
+	/*
+	 * Adjusting the space must be done in IRQ or deadlock can occur as the
+	 * CTB processing in the below workqueue can send CTBs which creates a
+	 * circular dependency if the space was returned there.
+	 */
+	switch (action) {
+	case INTEL_GUC_ACTION_SCHED_CONTEXT_MODE_DONE:
+	case INTEL_GUC_ACTION_DEREGISTER_CONTEXT_DONE:
+		atomic_add(request->size, &ct->ctbs.recv.space);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ct->requests.lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&request->link, &ct->requests.incoming);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ct->requests.lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h
index 9924335e2ee6..660bf37238e2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct intel_guc;
  * @desc: pointer to the buffer descriptor
  * @cmds: pointer to the commands buffer
  * @size: size of the commands buffer in dwords
+ * @resv_space: reserved space in buffer in dwords
  * @head: local shadow copy of head in dwords
  * @tail: local shadow copy of tail in dwords
  * @space: local shadow copy of space in dwords
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@ struct intel_guc_ct_buffer {
 	struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc;
 	u32 *cmds;
 	u32 size;
+	u32 resv_space;
 	u32 tail;
 	u32 head;
-	u32 space;
+	atomic_t space;
 	bool broken;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_fwif.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_fwif.h
index 1dd2f04c2762..9c258f9546af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_fwif.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_fwif.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #include "abi/guc_messages_abi.h"
 #include "gt/intel_engine_types.h"
 
+/* Payload length only i.e. don't include G2H header length */
+#define G2H_LEN_DW_SCHED_CONTEXT_MODE_SET	2
+#define G2H_LEN_DW_DEREGISTER_CONTEXT		1
+
 #define GUC_CONTEXT_DISABLE		0
 #define GUC_CONTEXT_ENABLE		1
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index 580535b02eb1..ae0b386467e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static int guc_add_request(struct intel_guc *guc, struct i915_request *rq)
 	struct intel_context *ce = rq->context;
 	u32 action[3];
 	int len = 0;
+	u32 g2h_len_dw = 0;
 	bool enabled = context_enabled(ce);
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&ce->guc_id_ref));
@@ -270,13 +271,13 @@ static int guc_add_request(struct intel_guc *guc, struct i915_request *rq)
 		action[len++] = GUC_CONTEXT_ENABLE;
 		set_context_pending_enable(ce);
 		intel_context_get(ce);
+		g2h_len_dw = G2H_LEN_DW_SCHED_CONTEXT_MODE_SET;
 	} else {
 		action[len++] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_SCHED_CONTEXT;
 		action[len++] = ce->guc_id;
 	}
 
-	err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action, len);
-
+	err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action, len, g2h_len_dw);
 	if (!enabled && !err) {
 		set_context_enabled(ce);
 	} else if (!enabled) {
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ static int __guc_action_register_context(struct intel_guc *guc,
 		offset,
 	};
 
-	return intel_guc_send_busy_loop(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action), true);
+	return intel_guc_send_busy_loop(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action), 0, true);
 }
 
 static int register_context(struct intel_context *ce)
@@ -753,7 +754,8 @@ static int __guc_action_deregister_context(struct intel_guc *guc,
 		guc_id,
 	};
 
-	return intel_guc_send_busy_loop(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action), true);
+	return intel_guc_send_busy_loop(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action),
+					G2H_LEN_DW_DEREGISTER_CONTEXT, true);
 }
 
 static int deregister_context(struct intel_context *ce, u32 guc_id)
@@ -892,7 +894,8 @@ static void __guc_context_sched_disable(struct intel_guc *guc,
 
 	intel_context_get(ce);
 
-	intel_guc_send_busy_loop(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action), true);
+	intel_guc_send_busy_loop(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action),
+				 G2H_LEN_DW_SCHED_CONTEXT_MODE_SET, true);
 }
 
 static u16 prep_context_pending_disable(struct intel_context *ce)
