diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c
index 912a67b18c9..4ccf9c7f7b9 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "common/intel_debug_identifier.h"
 #include "common/intel_gem.h"
+#include "common/xe/intel_gem.h"
 #include "dev/intel_debug.h"
 #include "iris/iris_bufmgr.h"
 #include "iris/iris_batch.h"
@@ -408,13 +409,12 @@ xe_batch_submit(struct iris_batch *batch)
       .syncs = (uintptr_t)syncs,
       .num_syncs = sync_len,
    };
-   if (likely(!batch->screen->devinfo->no_hw)) {
-      ret = intel_ioctl(iris_bufmgr_get_fd(bufmgr), DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC, &exec);
 
-      if (ret) {
-         ret = -errno;
-         goto error_exec;
-      }
+   ret = xe_gem_exec_ioctl(iris_bufmgr_get_fd(bufmgr), batch->screen->devinfo,
+                           &exec);
+   if (ret) {
+      ret = -errno;
+      goto error_exec;
    }
 
    if (!iris_implicit_sync_export(batch, &implicit_sync))
diff --git a/src/intel/common/xe/intel_gem.h b/src/intel/common/xe/intel_gem.h
index d6796f0834f..3440fd5ee0b 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/xe/intel_gem.h
+++ b/src/intel/common/xe/intel_gem.h
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#include "common/intel_gem.h"
 #include "common/intel_engine.h"
+#include "drm-uapi/xe_drm.h"
+#include "util/os_time.h"
 
 bool xe_gem_read_render_timestamp(int fd, uint64_t *value);
 bool
@@ -42,3 +45,28 @@ bool xe_gem_can_render_on_fd(int fd);
 bool xe_gem_supports_protected_exec_queue(int fd);
 
 void intel_xe_gem_add_ext(uint64_t *ptr, uint32_t ext_name, void *data);
+
+static inline int
+xe_gem_exec_ioctl(int fd, const struct intel_device_info *info,
+                  struct drm_xe_exec *exec)
+{
+   int ret, retries;
+
+   if (unlikely(info->no_hw))
+      return 0;
+
+   /* After 80 retries, we spent more than 16s sleeping. */
+   for (retries = 0; retries < 80; retries++) {
+      ret = intel_ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC, exec);
+
+      if (likely(!(ret && errno == ENOMEM)))
+         break;
+
+      if (unlikely(retries == 40))
+         fprintf(stderr, "intel: the execbuf ioctl keeps returning ENOMEM\n");
+
+      os_time_sleep(100 * retries * retries);
+   }
+
+   return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_batch_chain.c b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_batch_chain.c
index f052b2d77df..4c9c5d294fc 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_batch_chain.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_batch_chain.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "anv_private.h"
 #include "anv_measure.h"
 #include "common/intel_bind_timeline.h"
+#include "common/xe/intel_gem.h"
 #include "perf/intel_perf.h"
 
 #include "drm-uapi/xe_drm.h"
@@ -139,12 +140,8 @@ xe_exec_ioctl_impl(struct anv_queue *queue, struct drm_xe_exec *exec,
                    const char *func, int line)
 {
    struct anv_device *device = queue->device;
-   int ret;
 
-   if (unlikely(device->info->no_hw))
-      return VK_SUCCESS;
-
-   ret = intel_ioctl(device->fd, DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC, exec);
+   int ret = xe_gem_exec_ioctl(device->fd, device->info, exec);
    if (ret)
       return vk_queue_set_lost(&queue->vk, "%s(%d) failed: %m", func, line);