diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index 7e2aa7a6bef01315e90128c01253ea54e13e4490..5aa1371f6a0fde94e407cd2ba88460d81d5995d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ intel_engine_init_active(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, unsigned int subclass)
 static struct intel_context *
 create_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
+	static struct lock_class_key kernel;
 	struct intel_context *ce;
 	int err;
 
@@ -751,6 +752,14 @@ create_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Give our perma-pinned kernel timelines a separate lockdep class,
+	 * so that we can use them from within the normal user timelines
+	 * should we need to inject GPU operations during their request
+	 * construction.
+	 */
+	lockdep_set_class(&ce->timeline->mutex, &kernel);
+
 	return ce;
 }