diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
index 8257fb60043..88685cd8b6a 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
@@ -1231,40 +1231,6 @@ intel_prepare_render(struct brw_context *brw)
     */
    if (brw_is_front_buffer_drawing(ctx->DrawBuffer))
       brw->front_buffer_dirty = true;
-
-   /* Wait for the swapbuffers before the one we just emitted, so we
-    * don't get too many swaps outstanding for apps that are GPU-heavy
-    * but not CPU-heavy.
-    *
-    * We're using intelDRI2Flush (called from the loader before
-    * swapbuffer) and glFlush (for front buffer rendering) as the
-    * indicator that a frame is done and then throttle when we get
-    * here as we prepare to render the next frame.  At this point for
-    * round trips for swap/copy and getting new buffers are done and
-    * we'll spend less time waiting on the GPU.
-    *
-    * Unfortunately, we don't have a handle to the batch containing
-    * the swap, and getting our hands on that doesn't seem worth it,
-    * so we just us the first batch we emitted after the last swap.
-    */
-   if (brw->need_swap_throttle && brw->throttle_batch[0]) {
-      if (brw->throttle_batch[1]) {
-         if (!brw->disable_throttling)
-            drm_intel_bo_wait_rendering(brw->throttle_batch[1]);
-         drm_intel_bo_unreference(brw->throttle_batch[1]);
-      }
-      brw->throttle_batch[1] = brw->throttle_batch[0];
-      brw->throttle_batch[0] = NULL;
-      brw->need_swap_throttle = false;
-      /* Throttling here is more precise than the throttle ioctl, so skip it */
-      brw->need_flush_throttle = false;
-   }
-
-   if (brw->need_flush_throttle) {
-      __DRIscreen *psp = brw->intelScreen->driScrnPriv;
-      drmCommandNone(psp->fd, DRM_I915_GEM_THROTTLE);
-      brw->need_flush_throttle = false;
-   }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c
index 87862cd492c..3cf44adf585 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #include "intel_fbo.h"
 #include "brw_context.h"
 
+#include <xf86drm.h>
+#include <i915_drm.h>
+
 static void
 intel_batchbuffer_reset(struct brw_context *brw);
 
@@ -226,6 +229,44 @@ brw_finish_batch(struct brw_context *brw)
    brw->cache.bo_used_by_gpu = true;
 }
 
+static void
+throttle(struct brw_context *brw)
+{
+   /* Wait for the swapbuffers before the one we just emitted, so we
+    * don't get too many swaps outstanding for apps that are GPU-heavy
+    * but not CPU-heavy.
+    *
+    * We're using intelDRI2Flush (called from the loader before
+    * swapbuffer) and glFlush (for front buffer rendering) as the
+    * indicator that a frame is done and then throttle when we get
+    * here as we prepare to render the next frame.  At this point for
+    * round trips for swap/copy and getting new buffers are done and
+    * we'll spend less time waiting on the GPU.
+    *
+    * Unfortunately, we don't have a handle to the batch containing
+    * the swap, and getting our hands on that doesn't seem worth it,
+    * so we just use the first batch we emitted after the last swap.
+    */
+   if (brw->need_swap_throttle && brw->throttle_batch[0]) {
+      if (brw->throttle_batch[1]) {
+         if (!brw->disable_throttling)
+            drm_intel_bo_wait_rendering(brw->throttle_batch[1]);
+         drm_intel_bo_unreference(brw->throttle_batch[1]);
+      }
+      brw->throttle_batch[1] = brw->throttle_batch[0];
+      brw->throttle_batch[0] = NULL;
+      brw->need_swap_throttle = false;
+      /* Throttling here is more precise than the throttle ioctl, so skip it */
+      brw->need_flush_throttle = false;
+   }
+
+   if (brw->need_flush_throttle) {
+      __DRIscreen *psp = brw->intelScreen->driScrnPriv;
+      drmCommandNone(psp->fd, DRM_I915_GEM_THROTTLE);
+      brw->need_flush_throttle = false;
+   }
+}
+
 /* TODO: Push this whole function into bufmgr.
  */
 static int
@@ -260,6 +301,7 @@ do_flush_locked(struct brw_context *brw)
       if (ret == 0) {
          if (unlikely(INTEL_DEBUG & DEBUG_AUB))
             brw_annotate_aub(brw);
+
 	 if (brw->hw_ctx == NULL || batch->ring != RENDER_RING) {
 	    ret = drm_intel_bo_mrb_exec(batch->bo, 4 * batch->used, NULL, 0, 0,
 					flags);
@@ -268,6 +310,8 @@ do_flush_locked(struct brw_context *brw)
 						4 * batch->used, flags);
 	 }
       }
+
+      throttle(brw);
    }
 
    if (unlikely(INTEL_DEBUG & DEBUG_BATCH))