diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index a07baeb897fe..ee21307ab5fe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -847,7 +847,6 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(rq, rn,
 					 &engine->active.requests,
 					 sched.link) {
-		struct intel_engine_cs *owner;
 
 		if (i915_request_completed(rq))
 			continue; /* XXX */
@@ -862,8 +861,7 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		 * engine so that it can be moved across onto another physical
 		 * engine as load dictates.
 		 */
-		owner = rq->hw_context->engine;
-		if (likely(owner == engine)) {
+		if (likely(rq->execution_mask == engine->mask)) {
 			GEM_BUG_ON(rq_prio(rq) == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID);
 			if (rq_prio(rq) != prio) {
 				prio = rq_prio(rq);
@@ -874,6 +872,8 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			list_move(&rq->sched.link, pl);
 			active = rq;
 		} else {
+			struct intel_engine_cs *owner = rq->hw_context->engine;
+
 			/*
 			 * Decouple the virtual breadcrumb before moving it
 			 * back to the virtual engine -- we don't want the
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 437f9fc6282e..b8a54572a4f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ __i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 	rq->gem_context = ce->gem_context;
 	rq->engine = ce->engine;
 	rq->ring = ce->ring;
+	rq->execution_mask = ce->engine->mask;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(rq->timeline, tl);
 	rq->hwsp_seqno = tl->hwsp_seqno;
@@ -671,7 +672,6 @@ __i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 	rq->batch = NULL;
 	rq->capture_list = NULL;
 	rq->flags = 0;
-	rq->execution_mask = ALL_ENGINES;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->execute_cb);