diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_throttle.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_throttle.c
index 1e372420771be..540ef0551789f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_throttle.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_throttle.c
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ i915_gem_throttle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		if (time_after_eq(request->emitted_jiffies, recent_enough))
 			break;
 
-		if (target) {
+		if (target && xchg(&target->file_priv, NULL))
 			list_del(&target->client_link);
-			target->file_priv = NULL;
-		}
 
 		target = request;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index e080151c06969..3acc378a80b2d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ static void i915_driver_postclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	i915_gem_release(dev, file);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
-	kfree(file_priv);
+	kfree_rcu(file_priv, rcu);
 
 	/* Catch up with all the deferred frees from "this" client */
 	i915_gem_flush_free_objects(to_i915(dev));
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 82b919e518960..b42651a387d96 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -185,7 +185,11 @@ struct i915_mmu_object;
 
 struct drm_i915_file_private {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv;
-	struct drm_file *file;
+
+	union {
+		struct drm_file *file;
+		struct rcu_head rcu;
+	};
 
 	struct {
 		spinlock_t lock;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 1c5506822dc72..eef70dc68934b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -169,16 +169,17 @@ remove_from_client(struct i915_request *request)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
 
-	file_priv = READ_ONCE(request->file_priv);
-	if (!file_priv)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(request->file_priv))
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
-	if (request->file_priv) {
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	file_priv = xchg(&request->file_priv, NULL);
+	if (file_priv) {
+		spin_lock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
 		list_del(&request->client_link);
-		request->file_priv = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&file_priv->mm.lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void free_capture_list(struct i915_request *request)