diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index f6c78c0fa74b..f258281bf3f3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -502,15 +502,6 @@ void __i915_request_unsubmit(struct i915_request *request)
 	/* We may be recursing from the signal callback of another i915 fence */
 	spin_lock_nested(&request->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
-	/*
-	 * As we do not allow WAIT to preempt inflight requests,
-	 * once we have executed a request, along with triggering
-	 * any execution callbacks, we must preserve its ordering
-	 * within the non-preemptible FIFO.
-	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(__NO_PREEMPTION & ~I915_PRIORITY_MASK); /* only internal */
-	request->sched.attr.priority |= __NO_PREEMPTION;
-
 	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &request->fence.flags))
 		i915_request_cancel_breadcrumb(request);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
index 3cfadb9db988..108f52e1bf35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
@@ -383,6 +383,16 @@ bool __i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 		    !node_started(signal))
 			node->flags |= I915_SCHED_HAS_SEMAPHORE_CHAIN;
 
+		/*
+		 * As we do not allow WAIT to preempt inflight requests,
+		 * once we have executed a request, along with triggering
+		 * any execution callbacks, we must preserve its ordering
+		 * within the non-preemptible FIFO.
+		 */
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(__NO_PREEMPTION & ~I915_PRIORITY_MASK);
+		if (flags & I915_DEPENDENCY_EXTERNAL)
+			__bump_priority(signal, __NO_PREEMPTION);
+
 		ret = true;
 	}
 
@@ -401,6 +411,7 @@ int i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!__i915_sched_node_add_dependency(node, signal, dep,
+					      I915_DEPENDENCY_EXTERNAL |
 					      I915_DEPENDENCY_ALLOC))
 		i915_dependency_free(dep);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
index f1af3916a808..4f2b2eb7c3e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ struct i915_dependency {
 	struct list_head wait_link;
 	struct list_head dfs_link;
 	unsigned long flags;
-#define I915_DEPENDENCY_ALLOC BIT(0)
+#define I915_DEPENDENCY_ALLOC		BIT(0)
+#define I915_DEPENDENCY_EXTERNAL	BIT(1)
 };
 
 #endif /* _I915_SCHEDULER_TYPES_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c
index fbee030db940..e8b0b5dbcb2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_lrc.c
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ static int live_busywait_preempt(void *arg)
 	ctx_hi = kernel_context(i915);
 	if (!ctx_hi)
 		goto err_unlock;
-	ctx_hi->sched.priority = INT_MAX;
+	ctx_hi->sched.priority =
+		I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY);
 
 	ctx_lo = kernel_context(i915);
 	if (!ctx_lo)
 		goto err_ctx_hi;
-	ctx_lo->sched.priority = INT_MIN;
+	ctx_lo->sched.priority =
+		I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY);
 
 	obj = i915_gem_object_create_internal(i915, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
@@ -954,12 +956,14 @@ static int live_preempt_hang(void *arg)
 	ctx_hi = kernel_context(i915);
 	if (!ctx_hi)
 		goto err_spin_lo;
-	ctx_hi->sched.priority = I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY;
+	ctx_hi->sched.priority =
+		I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY);
 
 	ctx_lo = kernel_context(i915);
 	if (!ctx_lo)
 		goto err_ctx_hi;
-	ctx_lo->sched.priority = I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY;
+	ctx_lo->sched.priority =
+		I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY);
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
 		struct i915_request *rq;