diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_gsc_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_gsc_fw.c
index f88069ab71ab..e73d4440c5e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_gsc_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_gsc_fw.c
@@ -166,6 +166,29 @@ int intel_gsc_uc_fw_upload(struct intel_gsc_uc *gsc)
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
 
+	/*
+	 * GSC is only killed by an FLR, so we need to trigger one on unload to
+	 * make sure we stop it. This is because we assign a chunk of memory to
+	 * the GSC as part of the FW load , so we need to make sure it stops
+	 * using it when we release it to the system on driver unload. Note that
+	 * this is not a problem of the unload per-se, because the GSC will not
+	 * touch that memory unless there are requests for it coming from the
+	 * driver; therefore, no accesses will happen while i915 is not loaded,
+	 * but if we re-load the driver then the GSC might wake up and try to
+	 * access that old memory location again.
+	 * Given that an FLR is a very disruptive action (see the FLR function
+	 * for details), we want to do it as the last action before releasing
+	 * the access to the MMIO bar, which means we need to do it as part of
+	 * the primary uncore cleanup.
+	 * An alternative approach to the FLR would be to use a memory location
+	 * that survives driver unload, like e.g. stolen memory, and keep the
+	 * GSC loaded across reloads. However, this requires us to make sure we
+	 * preserve that memory location on unload and then determine and
+	 * reserve its offset on each subsequent load, which is not trivial, so
+	 * it is easier to just kill everything and start fresh.
+	 */
+	intel_uncore_set_flr_on_fini(&gt->i915->uncore);
+
 	err = gsc_fw_load(gsc);
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 0b90fe6a28f7..b95d533652a4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@
 
 #define GU_CNTL				_MMIO(0x101010)
 #define   LMEM_INIT			REG_BIT(7)
+#define   DRIVERFLR			REG_BIT(31)
+#define GU_DEBUG			_MMIO(0x101018)
+#define   DRIVERFLR_STATUS		REG_BIT(31)
 
 #define GEN6_STOLEN_RESERVED		_MMIO(0x1082C0)
 #define GEN6_STOLEN_RESERVED_ADDR_MASK	(0xFFF << 20)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
index 8006a6c61466..3bfb4af0df78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
@@ -2703,6 +2703,61 @@ void intel_uncore_prune_engine_fw_domains(struct intel_uncore *uncore,
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * The driver-initiated FLR is the highest level of reset that we can trigger
+ * from within the driver. It is different from the PCI FLR in that it doesn't
+ * fully reset the SGUnit and doesn't modify the PCI config space and therefore
+ * it doesn't require a re-enumeration of the PCI BARs. However, the
+ * driver-initiated FLR does still cause a reset of both GT and display and a
+ * memory wipe of local and stolen memory, so recovery would require a full HW
+ * re-init and saving/restoring (or re-populating) the wiped memory. Since we
+ * perform the FLR as the very last action before releasing access to the HW
+ * during the driver release flow, we don't attempt recovery at all, because
+ * if/when a new instance of i915 is bound to the device it will do a full
+ * re-init anyway.
+ */
+static void driver_initiated_flr(struct intel_uncore *uncore)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = uncore->i915;
+	const unsigned int flr_timeout_ms = 3000; /* specs recommend a 3s wait */
+	int ret;
+
+	drm_dbg(&i915->drm, "Triggering Driver-FLR\n");
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure any pending FLR requests have cleared by waiting for the
+	 * FLR trigger bit to go to zero. Also clear GU_DEBUG's DRIVERFLR_STATUS
+	 * to make sure it's not still set from a prior attempt (it's a write to
+	 * clear bit).
+	 * Note that we should never be in a situation where a previous attempt
+	 * is still pending (unless the HW is totally dead), but better to be
+	 * safe in case something unexpected happens
+	 */
+	ret = intel_wait_for_register_fw(uncore, GU_CNTL, DRIVERFLR, 0, flr_timeout_ms);
+	if (ret) {
+		drm_err(&i915->drm,
+			"Failed to wait for Driver-FLR bit to clear! %d\n",
+			ret);
+		return;
+	}
+	intel_uncore_write_fw(uncore, GU_DEBUG, DRIVERFLR_STATUS);
+
+	/* Trigger the actual Driver-FLR */
+	intel_uncore_rmw_fw(uncore, GU_CNTL, 0, DRIVERFLR);
+
+	ret = intel_wait_for_register_fw(uncore, GU_DEBUG,
+					 DRIVERFLR_STATUS, DRIVERFLR_STATUS,
+					 flr_timeout_ms);
+	if (ret) {
+		drm_err(&i915->drm, "wait for Driver-FLR completion failed! %d\n", ret);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	intel_uncore_write_fw(uncore, GU_DEBUG, DRIVERFLR_STATUS);
+
+	return;
+}
+
 /* Called via drm-managed action */
 void intel_uncore_fini_mmio(struct drm_device *dev, void *data)
 {
@@ -2716,6 +2771,9 @@ void intel_uncore_fini_mmio(struct drm_device *dev, void *data)
 		intel_uncore_fw_domains_fini(uncore);
 		iosf_mbi_punit_release();
 	}
+
+	if (intel_uncore_needs_flr_on_fini(uncore))
+		driver_initiated_flr(uncore);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.h
index e9e38490815d..9ea1f4864a3a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct intel_uncore {
 #define UNCORE_HAS_FPGA_DBG_UNCLAIMED	BIT(1)
 #define UNCORE_HAS_DBG_UNCLAIMED	BIT(2)
 #define UNCORE_HAS_FIFO			BIT(3)
+#define UNCORE_NEEDS_FLR_ON_FINI	BIT(4)
 
 	const struct intel_forcewake_range *fw_domains_table;
 	unsigned int fw_domains_table_entries;
@@ -223,6 +224,18 @@ intel_uncore_has_fifo(const struct intel_uncore *uncore)
 	return uncore->flags & UNCORE_HAS_FIFO;
 }
 
+static inline bool
+intel_uncore_needs_flr_on_fini(const struct intel_uncore *uncore)
+{
+	return uncore->flags & UNCORE_NEEDS_FLR_ON_FINI;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+intel_uncore_set_flr_on_fini(struct intel_uncore *uncore)
+{
+	return uncore->flags |= UNCORE_NEEDS_FLR_ON_FINI;
+}
+
 void intel_uncore_mmio_debug_init_early(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void intel_uncore_init_early(struct intel_uncore *uncore,
 			     struct intel_gt *gt);
