diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index c24c3f1ff8a3..c302ffb5a168 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static void vlv_save_gunit_s0ix_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		s->lra_limits[i] = I915_READ(GEN7_LRA_LIMITS_BASE + i * 4);
 
 	s->media_max_req_count	= I915_READ(GEN7_MEDIA_MAX_REQ_COUNT);
-	s->gfx_max_req_count	= I915_READ(GEN7_MEDIA_MAX_REQ_COUNT);
+	s->gfx_max_req_count	= I915_READ(GEN7_GFX_MAX_REQ_COUNT);
 
 	s->render_hwsp		= I915_READ(RENDER_HWS_PGA_GEN7);
 	s->ecochk		= I915_READ(GAM_ECOCHK);
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ static void vlv_restore_gunit_s0ix_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		I915_WRITE(GEN7_LRA_LIMITS_BASE + i * 4, s->lra_limits[i]);
 
 	I915_WRITE(GEN7_MEDIA_MAX_REQ_COUNT, s->media_max_req_count);
-	I915_WRITE(GEN7_MEDIA_MAX_REQ_COUNT, s->gfx_max_req_count);
+	I915_WRITE(GEN7_GFX_MAX_REQ_COUNT, s->gfx_max_req_count);
 
 	I915_WRITE(RENDER_HWS_PGA_GEN7,	s->render_hwsp);
 	I915_WRITE(GAM_ECOCHK,		s->ecochk);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index d07c0b1fb498..53394f998a1f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2377,10 +2377,11 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 		ret = ring->add_request(ring);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
+
+		request->tail = intel_ring_get_tail(ringbuf);
 	}
 
 	request->head = request_start;
-	request->tail = intel_ring_get_tail(ringbuf);
 
 	/* Whilst this request exists, batch_obj will be on the
 	 * active_list, and so will hold the active reference. Only when this
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index b522eb6e59a4..3da1af46625c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -1807,6 +1807,7 @@ enum skl_disp_power_wells {
 #define   GMBUS_CYCLE_INDEX	(2<<25)
 #define   GMBUS_CYCLE_STOP	(4<<25)
 #define   GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_SHIFT 16
+#define   GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_MAX   256U
 #define   GMBUS_SLAVE_INDEX_SHIFT 8
 #define   GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT 1
 #define   GMBUS_SLAVE_READ	(1<<0)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
index b31088a551f2..56e437e31580 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
@@ -270,18 +270,17 @@ gmbus_wait_idle(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 }
 
 static int
-gmbus_xfer_read(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg,
-		u32 gmbus1_index)
+gmbus_xfer_read_chunk(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+		      unsigned short addr, u8 *buf, unsigned int len,
+		      u32 gmbus1_index)
 {
 	int reg_offset = dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base;
-	u16 len = msg->len;
-	u8 *buf = msg->buf;
 
 	I915_WRITE(GMBUS1 + reg_offset,
 		   gmbus1_index |
 		   GMBUS_CYCLE_WAIT |
 		   (len << GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_SHIFT) |
-		   (msg->addr << GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT) |
+		   (addr << GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT) |
 		   GMBUS_SLAVE_READ | GMBUS_SW_RDY);
 	while (len) {
 		int ret;
@@ -303,11 +302,35 @@ gmbus_xfer_read(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg,
 }
 
 static int
-gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
+gmbus_xfer_read(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg,
+		u32 gmbus1_index)
+{
+	u8 *buf = msg->buf;
+	unsigned int rx_size = msg->len;
+	unsigned int len;
+	int ret;
+
+	do {
+		len = min(rx_size, GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_MAX);
+
+		ret = gmbus_xfer_read_chunk(dev_priv, msg->addr,
+					    buf, len, gmbus1_index);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		rx_size -= len;
+		buf += len;
+	} while (rx_size != 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+gmbus_xfer_write_chunk(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+		       unsigned short addr, u8 *buf, unsigned int len)
 {
 	int reg_offset = dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base;
-	u16 len = msg->len;
-	u8 *buf = msg->buf;
+	unsigned int chunk_size = len;
 	u32 val, loop;
 
 	val = loop = 0;
@@ -319,8 +342,8 @@ gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
 	I915_WRITE(GMBUS3 + reg_offset, val);
 	I915_WRITE(GMBUS1 + reg_offset,
 		   GMBUS_CYCLE_WAIT |
-		   (msg->len << GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_SHIFT) |
-		   (msg->addr << GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT) |
+		   (chunk_size << GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_SHIFT) |
+		   (addr << GMBUS_SLAVE_ADDR_SHIFT) |
 		   GMBUS_SLAVE_WRITE | GMBUS_SW_RDY);
 	while (len) {
 		int ret;
@@ -337,6 +360,29 @@ gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+gmbus_xfer_write(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, struct i2c_msg *msg)
+{
+	u8 *buf = msg->buf;
+	unsigned int tx_size = msg->len;
+	unsigned int len;
+	int ret;
+
+	do {
+		len = min(tx_size, GMBUS_BYTE_COUNT_MAX);
+
+		ret = gmbus_xfer_write_chunk(dev_priv, msg->addr, buf, len);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		buf += len;
+		tx_size -= len;
+	} while (tx_size != 0);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index fcb074bd55dc..09df74b8e917 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -393,6 +393,26 @@ static void execlists_context_unqueue(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (IS_GEN8(ring->dev) || IS_GEN9(ring->dev)) {
+		/*
+		 * WaIdleLiteRestore: make sure we never cause a lite
+		 * restore with HEAD==TAIL
+		 */
+		if (req0 && req0->elsp_submitted) {
+			/*
+			 * Apply the wa NOOPS to prevent ring:HEAD == req:TAIL
+			 * as we resubmit the request. See gen8_emit_request()
+			 * for where we prepare the padding after the end of the
+			 * request.
+			 */
+			struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf;
+
+			ringbuf = req0->ctx->engine[ring->id].ringbuf;
+			req0->tail += 8;
+			req0->tail &= ringbuf->size - 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	WARN_ON(req1 && req1->elsp_submitted);
 
 	execlists_submit_contexts(ring, req0->ctx, req0->tail,
@@ -1315,7 +1335,12 @@ static int gen8_emit_request(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
 	u32 cmd;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, request->ctx, 6);
+	/*
+	 * Reserve space for 2 NOOPs at the end of each request to be
+	 * used as a workaround for not being allowed to do lite
+	 * restore with HEAD==TAIL (WaIdleLiteRestore).
+	 */
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, request->ctx, 8);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1333,6 +1358,14 @@ static int gen8_emit_request(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
 	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, MI_NOOP);
 	intel_logical_ring_advance_and_submit(ringbuf, request->ctx, request);
 
+	/*
+	 * Here we add two extra NOOPs as padding to avoid
+	 * lite restore of a context with HEAD==TAIL.
+	 */
+	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, MI_NOOP);
+	intel_logical_ring_emit(ringbuf, MI_NOOP);
+	intel_logical_ring_advance(ringbuf);
+
 	return 0;
 }