diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
index 671081b0e4d636ba79368b5a2da02ea9005202b2..61b05cd4c47aef8e26f9960bcef54f52eae289b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
@@ -449,15 +449,25 @@ int intel_context_prepare_remote_request(struct intel_context *ce,
 
 struct i915_request *intel_context_create_request(struct intel_context *ce)
 {
+	struct i915_gem_ww_ctx ww;
 	struct i915_request *rq;
 	int err;
 
-	err = intel_context_pin(ce);
-	if (unlikely(err))
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	i915_gem_ww_ctx_init(&ww, true);
+retry:
+	err = intel_context_pin_ww(ce, &ww);
+	if (!err) {
+		rq = i915_request_create(ce);
+		intel_context_unpin(ce);
+	} else if (err == -EDEADLK) {
+		err = i915_gem_ww_ctx_backoff(&ww);
+		if (!err)
+			goto retry;
+	} else {
+		rq = ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
-	rq = i915_request_create(ce);
-	intel_context_unpin(ce);
+	i915_gem_ww_ctx_fini(&ww);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return rq;