diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index 6b5d4ea22b67..107f465a27b9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct intel_breadcrumbs;
 
 typedef u32 intel_engine_mask_t;
 #define ALL_ENGINES ((intel_engine_mask_t)~0ul)
+#define VIRTUAL_ENGINES BIT(BITS_PER_TYPE(intel_engine_mask_t) - 1)
 
 struct intel_hw_status_page {
 	struct list_head timelines;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index 0ec07dad1dcf..fecdc7ea78eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -5111,6 +5111,9 @@ guc_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings, unsigned int count,
 
 	ve->base.flags = I915_ENGINE_IS_VIRTUAL;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(ilog2(VIRTUAL_ENGINES) < I915_NUM_ENGINES);
+	ve->base.mask = VIRTUAL_ENGINES;
+
 	intel_context_init(&ve->context, &ve->base);
 
 	for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 803cd2ad4deb..7ce126a01cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ static void i915_fence_release(struct dma_fence *fence)
 	i915_sw_fence_fini(&rq->semaphore);
 
 	/*
-	 * Keep one request on each engine for reserved use under mempressure
-	 * do not use with virtual engines as this really is only needed for
-	 * kernel contexts.
+	 * Keep one request on each engine for reserved use under mempressure.
 	 *
 	 * We do not hold a reference to the engine here and so have to be
 	 * very careful in what rq->engine we poke. The virtual engine is
@@ -166,8 +164,7 @@ static void i915_fence_release(struct dma_fence *fence)
 	 * know that if the rq->execution_mask is a single bit, rq->engine
 	 * can be a physical engine with the exact corresponding mask.
 	 */
-	if (!intel_engine_is_virtual(rq->engine) &&
-	    is_power_of_2(rq->execution_mask) &&
+	if (is_power_of_2(rq->execution_mask) &&
 	    !cmpxchg(&rq->engine->request_pool, NULL, rq))
 		return;