diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 6b583dc2eb1f..853d6741d3a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1950,6 +1950,8 @@ int i915_reset_engine(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = intel_gpu_reset(engine->i915, intel_engine_flag(engine));
+
 	/*
 	 * The request that caused the hang is stuck on elsp, we know the
 	 * active request and can drop it, adjust head to skip the offending
@@ -1957,9 +1959,6 @@ int i915_reset_engine(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 */
 	i915_gem_reset_engine(engine, active_request);
 
-	/* Finally, reset just this engine. */
-	ret = intel_gpu_reset(engine->i915, intel_engine_flag(engine));
-
 	i915_gem_reset_finish_engine(engine);
 
 	if (ret) {