diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
index 8a641bcf777c..f36d7d2d5e43 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 * and context switches) submission.
 	 */
 
-	spin_lock(&sched_engine->lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&sched_engine->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the queue is higher priority than the last
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				 * Even if ELSP[1] is occupied and not worthy
 				 * of timeslices, our queue might be.
 				 */
-				spin_unlock(&sched_engine->lock);
+				spin_unlock_irq(&sched_engine->lock);
 				return;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 		if (last && !can_merge_rq(last, rq)) {
 			spin_unlock(&ve->base.sched_engine->lock);
-			spin_unlock(&engine->sched_engine->lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&engine->sched_engine->lock);
 			return; /* leave this for another sibling */
 		}
 
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ done:
 	 */
 	sched_engine->queue_priority_hint = queue_prio(sched_engine);
 	i915_sched_engine_reset_on_empty(sched_engine);
-	spin_unlock(&sched_engine->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&sched_engine->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We can skip poking the HW if we ended up with exactly the same set
@@ -1617,13 +1617,6 @@ done:
 	}
 }
 
-static void execlists_dequeue_irq(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	local_irq_disable(); /* Suspend interrupts across request submission */
-	execlists_dequeue(engine);
-	local_irq_enable(); /* flush irq_work (e.g. breadcrumb enabling) */
-}
-
 static void clear_ports(struct i915_request **ports, int count)
 {
 	memset_p((void **)ports, NULL, count);
@@ -2478,7 +2471,7 @@ static void execlists_submission_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 	}
 
 	if (!engine->execlists.pending[0]) {
-		execlists_dequeue_irq(engine);
+		execlists_dequeue(engine);
 		start_timeslice(engine);
 	}