diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 40acdde5f224d3f30261c9b9dd1c5421b3475e14..61c0f5c7353b89559308c43e84556775b0d1f16d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ int __must_check i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_context_reset(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
+int i915_gem_context_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
 int i915_switch_context(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 			struct drm_file *file, int to_id);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index fe17c62c7b092ff0d96378cb82b6e0101024e8ce..e3431e748ee2dec630398caaf93bc161a242f8e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4433,14 +4433,16 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 		i915_gem_l3_remap(&dev_priv->ring[RCS], i);
 
 	/*
-	 * XXX: There was some w/a described somewhere suggesting loading
-	 * contexts before PPGTT.
+	 * XXX: Contexts should only be initialized once. Doing a switch to the
+	 * default context switch however is something we'd like to do after
+	 * reset or thaw (the latter may not actually be necessary for HW, but
+	 * goes with our code better). Context switching requires rings (for
+	 * the do_switch), but before enabling PPGTT. So don't move this.
 	 */
-	ret = i915_gem_context_init(dev);
+	ret = i915_gem_context_enable(dev_priv);
 	if (ret) {
-		i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
-		DRM_ERROR("Context initialization failed %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
+		DRM_ERROR("Context enable failed %d\n", ret);
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	if (dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt) {
@@ -4448,10 +4450,15 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 		if (ret) {
 			i915_gem_cleanup_aliasing_ppgtt(dev);
 			DRM_INFO("PPGTT enable failed. This is not fatal, but unexpected\n");
+			ret = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int i915_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
@@ -4470,9 +4477,14 @@ int i915_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	i915_gem_init_global_gtt(dev);
 
+	ret = i915_gem_context_init(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = i915_gem_init_hw(dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	if (ret) {
+		i915_gem_context_fini(dev);
 		i915_gem_cleanup_aliasing_ppgtt(dev);
 		drm_mm_takedown(&dev_priv->gtt.base.mm);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 509e460e982ea5be6cb98ca03d39962d41c9549b..08e48b29a8d2ced7121d9e68c15890093048472e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -237,19 +237,11 @@ static int create_default_context(struct drm_device *dev)
 		goto err_destroy;
 	}
 
-	ret = do_switch(&dev_priv->ring[RCS], ctx);
-	if (ret) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Switch failed %d\n", ret);
-		goto err_unpin;
-	}
-
 	dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context = ctx;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Default HW context loaded\n");
 	return 0;
 
-err_unpin:
-	i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ctx->obj);
 err_destroy:
 	i915_gem_context_unreference(ctx);
 	return ret;
@@ -307,8 +299,9 @@ int i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (!HAS_HW_CONTEXTS(dev))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* If called from reset, or thaw... we've been here already */
-	if (dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context)
+	/* Init should only be called once per module load. Eventually the
+	 * restriction on the context_disabled check can be loosened. */
+	if (WARN_ON(dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context))
 		return 0;
 
 	dev_priv->hw_context_size = round_up(get_context_size(dev), 4096);
@@ -384,6 +377,28 @@ void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 	i915_gem_context_unreference(dctx);
 }
 
+int i915_gem_context_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
+	int ret, i;
+
+	if (!HAS_HW_CONTEXTS(dev_priv->dev))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* FIXME: We should make this work, even in reset */
+	if (i915_reset_in_progress(&dev_priv->gpu_error))
+		return 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context);
+	for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
+		ret = do_switch(ring, ring->default_context);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int context_idr_cleanup(int id, void *p, void *data)
 {
 	struct i915_hw_context *ctx = p;