diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 6f750efe9c3d..799dd3890cd9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ static const struct vga_switcheroo_client_ops i915_switcheroo_ops = {
 
 static void i915_gem_fini(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	flush_workqueue(dev_priv->wq);
+	/* Flush any outstanding unpin_work. */
+	i915_gem_drain_workqueue(dev_priv);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	intel_uc_fini_hw(dev_priv);
@@ -1413,9 +1414,6 @@ void i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev_priv->gpu_error.hangcheck_work);
 	i915_reset_error_state(dev_priv);
 
-	/* Flush any outstanding unpin_work. */
-	drain_workqueue(dev_priv->wq);
-
 	i915_gem_fini(dev_priv);
 	intel_uc_fini_fw(dev_priv);
 	intel_fbc_cleanup_cfb(dev_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 559fdc7bb393..017361833c58 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3300,6 +3300,26 @@ static inline void i915_gem_drain_freed_objects(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	} while (flush_work(&i915->mm.free_work));
 }
 
+static inline void i915_gem_drain_workqueue(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Similar to objects above (see i915_gem_drain_freed-objects), in
+	 * general we have workers that are armed by RCU and then rearm
+	 * themselves in their callbacks. To be paranoid, we need to
+	 * drain the workqueue a second time after waiting for the RCU
+	 * grace period so that we catch work queued via RCU from the first
+	 * pass. As neither drain_workqueue() nor flush_workqueue() report
+	 * a result, we make an assumption that we only don't require more
+	 * than 2 passes to catch all recursive RCU delayed work.
+	 *
+	 */
+	int pass = 2;
+	do {
+		rcu_barrier();
+		drain_workqueue(i915->wq);
+	} while (--pass);
+}
+
 struct i915_vma * __must_check
 i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			 const struct i915_ggtt_view *view,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index 47613d20bba8..7a468cb30946 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void mock_device_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&i915->gt.retire_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&i915->gt.idle_work);
-	flush_workqueue(i915->wq);
+	i915_gem_drain_workqueue(i915);
 
 	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id)