diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 436e59724900b87a52cc6ec63f2def592b492e93..8aa8a486254319a77666e49a851b1bfad78bed7f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ static void __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 */
 	if (!(prio & I915_PRIORITY_NEWCLIENT)) {
 		prio |= I915_PRIORITY_NEWCLIENT;
+		active->sched.attr.priority = prio;
 		list_move_tail(&active->sched.link,
 			       i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, prio));
 	}
@@ -625,6 +626,9 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		int i;
 
 		priolist_for_each_request_consume(rq, rn, p, i) {
+			GEM_BUG_ON(last &&
+				   need_preempt(engine, last, rq_prio(rq)));
+
 			/*
 			 * Can we combine this request with the current port?
 			 * It has to be the same context/ringbuffer and not