diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 6a051381f535f32e4c795cdeba6290ffe4354490..d072f3369ee1c2bb6a8f35873306aefbc5fe4c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 
 		struct i915_gt_timelines {
 			struct mutex mutex; /* protects list, tainted by GPU */
-			struct list_head list;
+			struct list_head active_list;
 
 			/* Pack multiple timelines' seqnos into the same page */
 			spinlock_t hwsp_lock;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 4e0de22f0166117d08dd65aaa045a15be56aaea1..9c499edb4c138eeabffb9cac8306b617ffb86968 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3246,7 +3246,7 @@ wait_for_timelines(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		return timeout;
 
 	mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(tl, &gt->list, link) {
+	list_for_each_entry(tl, &gt->active_list, link) {
 		struct i915_request *rq;
 
 		rq = i915_gem_active_get_unlocked(&tl->last_request);
@@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@ wait_for_timelines(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 		/* restart after reacquiring the lock */
 		mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
-		tl = list_entry(&gt->list, typeof(*tl), link);
+		tl = list_entry(&gt->active_list, typeof(*tl), link);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&gt->mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c
index bd82f9b1043ffb76bcd28dba2fe726c3ced30476..acf3c777e49d16b1f887c8677832519d6ffa7fc7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reset.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ bool i915_gem_unset_wedged(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	 * No more can be submitted until we reset the wedged bit.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&i915->gt.timelines.mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(tl, &i915->gt.timelines.list, link) {
+	list_for_each_entry(tl, &i915->gt.timelines.active_list, link) {
 		struct i915_request *rq;
 		long timeout;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c
index e4c11414a824e0fe77d3a5d50a52659b10f0cbd5..79838d89bdb9405afe60f6eb716fa3bc21804e11 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ int i915_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		       const char *name,
 		       struct i915_vma *hwsp)
 {
-	struct i915_gt_timelines *gt = &i915->gt.timelines;
 	void *vaddr;
 
 	/*
@@ -168,10 +167,6 @@ int i915_timeline_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 	i915_syncmap_init(&timeline->sync);
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
-	list_add(&timeline->link, &gt->list);
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->mutex);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +175,7 @@ void i915_timelines_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	struct i915_gt_timelines *gt = &i915->gt.timelines;
 
 	mutex_init(&gt->mutex);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gt->list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gt->active_list);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&gt->hwsp_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gt->hwsp_free_list);
@@ -189,6 +184,24 @@ void i915_timelines_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	i915_gem_shrinker_taints_mutex(i915, &gt->mutex);
 }
 
+static void timeline_add_to_active(struct i915_timeline *tl)
+{
+	struct i915_gt_timelines *gt = &tl->i915->gt.timelines;
+
+	mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
+	list_add(&tl->link, &gt->active_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&gt->mutex);
+}
+
+static void timeline_remove_from_active(struct i915_timeline *tl)
+{
+	struct i915_gt_timelines *gt = &tl->i915->gt.timelines;
+
+	mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
+	list_del(&tl->link);
+	mutex_unlock(&gt->mutex);
+}
+
 /**
  * i915_timelines_park - called when the driver idles
  * @i915: the drm_i915_private device
@@ -205,7 +218,7 @@ void i915_timelines_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	struct i915_timeline *timeline;
 
 	mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(timeline, &gt->list, link) {
+	list_for_each_entry(timeline, &gt->active_list, link) {
 		/*
 		 * All known fences are completed so we can scrap
 		 * the current sync point tracking and start afresh,
@@ -219,15 +232,9 @@ void i915_timelines_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 
 void i915_timeline_fini(struct i915_timeline *timeline)
 {
-	struct i915_gt_timelines *gt = &timeline->i915->gt.timelines;
-
 	GEM_BUG_ON(timeline->pin_count);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&timeline->requests));
 
-	mutex_lock(&gt->mutex);
-	list_del(&timeline->link);
-	mutex_unlock(&gt->mutex);
-
 	i915_syncmap_free(&timeline->sync);
 	hwsp_free(timeline);
 
@@ -274,6 +281,8 @@ int i915_timeline_pin(struct i915_timeline *tl)
 		i915_ggtt_offset(tl->hwsp_ggtt) +
 		offset_in_page(tl->hwsp_offset);
 
+	timeline_add_to_active(tl);
+
 	return 0;
 
 unpin:
@@ -287,6 +296,8 @@ void i915_timeline_unpin(struct i915_timeline *tl)
 	if (--tl->pin_count)
 		return;
 
+	timeline_remove_from_active(tl);
+
 	/*
 	 * Since this timeline is idle, all bariers upon which we were waiting
 	 * must also be complete and so we can discard the last used barriers
@@ -310,7 +321,7 @@ void i915_timelines_fini(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct i915_gt_timelines *gt = &i915->gt.timelines;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&gt->list));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&gt->active_list));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&gt->hwsp_free_list));
 
 	mutex_destroy(&gt->mutex);