diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index dc3f2ee7136d..10109f661bcb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1880,6 +1880,9 @@ static void defer_request(struct i915_request *rq, struct list_head * const pl)
 			struct i915_request *w =
 				container_of(p->waiter, typeof(*w), sched);
 
+			if (p->flags & I915_DEPENDENCY_WEAK)
+				continue;
+
 			/* Leave semaphores spinning on the other engines */
 			if (w->engine != rq->engine)
 				continue;
@@ -2726,6 +2729,9 @@ static void __execlists_hold(struct i915_request *rq)
 			struct i915_request *w =
 				container_of(p->waiter, typeof(*w), sched);
 
+			if (p->flags & I915_DEPENDENCY_WEAK)
+				continue;
+
 			/* Leave semaphores spinning on the other engines */
 			if (w->engine != rq->engine)
 				continue;
@@ -2850,6 +2856,9 @@ static void __execlists_unhold(struct i915_request *rq)
 			struct i915_request *w =
 				container_of(p->waiter, typeof(*w), sched);
 
+			if (p->flags & I915_DEPENDENCY_WEAK)
+				continue;
+
 			/* Propagate any change in error status */
 			if (rq->fence.error)
 				i915_request_set_error_once(w, rq->fence.error);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 4d18f808fda2..3c38d61c90f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,9 @@ i915_request_await_request(struct i915_request *to, struct i915_request *from)
 	}
 
 	if (to->engine->schedule) {
-		ret = i915_sched_node_add_dependency(&to->sched, &from->sched);
+		ret = i915_sched_node_add_dependency(&to->sched,
+						     &from->sched,
+						     I915_DEPENDENCY_EXTERNAL);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -1202,7 +1204,9 @@ __i915_request_await_execution(struct i915_request *to,
 
 	/* Couple the dependency tree for PI on this exposed to->fence */
 	if (to->engine->schedule) {
-		err = i915_sched_node_add_dependency(&to->sched, &from->sched);
+		err = i915_sched_node_add_dependency(&to->sched,
+						     &from->sched,
+						     I915_DEPENDENCY_WEAK);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
index 37cfcf5b321b..6e2d4190099f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ bool __i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 }
 
 int i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
-				   struct i915_sched_node *signal)
+				   struct i915_sched_node *signal,
+				   unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct i915_dependency *dep;
 
@@ -473,8 +474,7 @@ int i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 	local_bh_disable();
 
 	if (!__i915_sched_node_add_dependency(node, signal, dep,
-					      I915_DEPENDENCY_EXTERNAL |
-					      I915_DEPENDENCY_ALLOC))
+					      flags | I915_DEPENDENCY_ALLOC))
 		i915_dependency_free(dep);
 
 	local_bh_enable(); /* kick submission tasklet */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
index d1dc4efef77b..6f0bf00fc569 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ bool __i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 				      unsigned long flags);
 
 int i915_sched_node_add_dependency(struct i915_sched_node *node,
-				   struct i915_sched_node *signal);
+				   struct i915_sched_node *signal,
+				   unsigned long flags);
 
 void i915_sched_node_fini(struct i915_sched_node *node);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
index d18e70550054..7186875088a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct i915_dependency {
 	unsigned long flags;
 #define I915_DEPENDENCY_ALLOC		BIT(0)
 #define I915_DEPENDENCY_EXTERNAL	BIT(1)
+#define I915_DEPENDENCY_WEAK		BIT(2)
 };
 
 #endif /* _I915_SCHEDULER_TYPES_H_ */
