diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index e94365b08f1ef..e7c5509c48ef1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ struct i915_request *intel_context_find_active_request(struct intel_context *ce)
 
 		active = rq;
 	}
+	if (active)
+		active = i915_request_get_rcu(active);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&parent->guc_state.lock, flags);
 
 	return active;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index 922f1bb22dc68..6a082658d0082 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -2236,10 +2236,14 @@ static void engine_dump_active_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct d
 	guc = intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&engine->gt->uc);
 	if (guc) {
 		ce = intel_engine_get_hung_context(engine);
-		if (ce)
+		if (ce) {
+			/* This will reference count the request (if found) */
 			hung_rq = intel_context_find_active_request(ce);
+		}
 	} else {
 		hung_rq = intel_engine_execlist_find_hung_request(engine);
+		if (hung_rq)
+			hung_rq = i915_request_get_rcu(hung_rq);
 	}
 
 	if (hung_rq)
@@ -2250,6 +2254,8 @@ static void engine_dump_active_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct d
 	else
 		intel_engine_dump_active_requests(&engine->sched_engine->requests,
 						  hung_rq, m);
+	if (hung_rq)
+		i915_request_put(hung_rq);
 }
 
 void intel_engine_dump(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
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 b436dd7f12e42..d123cbd90a919 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -1702,6 +1702,7 @@ static void __guc_reset_context(struct intel_context *ce, intel_engine_mask_t st
 			goto next_context;
 
 		guilty = false;
+		/* NB: This gets a reference to the request */
 		rq = intel_context_find_active_request(ce);
 		if (!rq) {
 			head = ce->ring->tail;
@@ -1715,6 +1716,7 @@ static void __guc_reset_context(struct intel_context *ce, intel_engine_mask_t st
 		head = intel_ring_wrap(ce->ring, rq->head);
 
 		__i915_request_reset(rq, guilty);
+		i915_request_put(rq);
 out_replay:
 		guc_reset_state(ce, head, guilty);
 next_context:
@@ -4820,6 +4822,8 @@ void intel_guc_find_hung_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 	xa_lock_irqsave(&guc->context_lookup, flags);
 	xa_for_each(&guc->context_lookup, index, ce) {
+		bool found;
+
 		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&ce->ref))
 			continue;
 
@@ -4836,10 +4840,18 @@ void intel_guc_find_hung_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				goto next;
 		}
 
+		found = false;
+		spin_lock(&ce->guc_state.lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(rq, &ce->guc_state.requests, sched.link) {
 			if (i915_test_request_state(rq) != I915_REQUEST_ACTIVE)
 				continue;
 
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&ce->guc_state.lock);
+
+		if (found) {
 			intel_engine_set_hung_context(engine, ce);
 
 			/* Can only cope with one hang at a time... */
@@ -4847,6 +4859,7 @@ void intel_guc_find_hung_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			xa_lock(&guc->context_lookup);
 			goto done;
 		}
+
 next:
 		intel_context_put(ce);
 		xa_lock(&guc->context_lookup);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 9d5d5a397b64e..7ea36478ee52d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@ capture_engine(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	ce = intel_engine_get_hung_context(engine);
 	if (ce) {
 		intel_engine_clear_hung_context(engine);
+		/* This will reference count the request (if found) */
 		rq = intel_context_find_active_request(ce);
 		if (!rq || !i915_request_started(rq))
 			goto no_request_capture;
@@ -1618,21 +1619,18 @@ capture_engine(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		if (!intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&engine->gt->uc)) {
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->sched_engine->lock, flags);
 			rq = intel_engine_execlist_find_hung_request(engine);
+			if (rq)
+				rq = i915_request_get_rcu(rq);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->sched_engine->lock,
 					       flags);
 		}
 	}
-	if (rq)
-		rq = i915_request_get_rcu(rq);
-
 	if (!rq)
 		goto no_request_capture;
 
 	capture = intel_engine_coredump_add_request(ee, rq, ATOMIC_MAYFAIL);
-	if (!capture) {
-		i915_request_put(rq);
+	if (!capture)
 		goto no_request_capture;
-	}
 	if (dump_flags & CORE_DUMP_FLAG_IS_GUC_CAPTURE)
 		intel_guc_capture_get_matching_node(engine->gt, ee, ce);
 
@@ -1642,6 +1640,8 @@ capture_engine(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	return ee;
 
 no_request_capture:
+	if (rq)
+		i915_request_put(rq);
 	kfree(ee);
 	return NULL;
 }
