diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index cbae19bab4bfb33bfb85d48ff89b8e251118f6db..eccb8e406e9c2f7c28c56663280eb7535bf4bbe2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ struct intel_context {
 	/* Execlists */
 	struct {
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *state;
+		struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf;
 	} engine[I915_NUM_RINGS];
 
 	struct list_head link;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 9f30ee80e48701753c60cb0e11979b75312f1da3..0c80bb1f5420b522ee24bf8b3da0fdf3eeafcbf0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ void intel_lr_context_free(struct intel_context *ctx)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < I915_NUM_RINGS; i++) {
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj = ctx->engine[i].state;
+		struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = ctx->engine[i].ringbuf;
+
 		if (ctx_obj) {
+			intel_destroy_ringbuffer_obj(ringbuf);
+			kfree(ringbuf);
 			i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ctx_obj);
 			drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx_obj->base);
 		}
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ int intel_lr_context_deferred_create(struct intel_context *ctx,
 	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj;
 	uint32_t context_size;
+	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf;
 	int ret;
 
 	WARN_ON(ctx->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state != NULL);
@@ -119,6 +124,39 @@ int intel_lr_context_deferred_create(struct intel_context *ctx,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	ringbuf = kzalloc(sizeof(*ringbuf), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ringbuf) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Failed to allocate ringbuffer %s\n",
+				ring->name);
+		i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ctx_obj);
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx_obj->base);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ringbuf->size = 32 * PAGE_SIZE;
+	ringbuf->effective_size = ringbuf->size;
+	ringbuf->head = 0;
+	ringbuf->tail = 0;
+	ringbuf->space = ringbuf->size;
+	ringbuf->last_retired_head = -1;
+
+	/* TODO: For now we put this in the mappable region so that we can reuse
+	 * the existing ringbuffer code which ioremaps it. When we start
+	 * creating many contexts, this will no longer work and we must switch
+	 * to a kmapish interface.
+	 */
+	ret = intel_alloc_ringbuffer_obj(dev, ringbuf);
+	if (ret) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Failed to allocate ringbuffer obj %s: %d\n",
+				ring->name, ret);
+		kfree(ringbuf);
+		i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ctx_obj);
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx_obj->base);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ctx->engine[ring->id].ringbuf = ringbuf;
 	ctx->engine[ring->id].state = ctx_obj;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index a059b64a0fb283502bda0c0ac3cfa468fef9d218..064652034d7eaff5caac3c8b053d5708d39e2b07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ static int init_phys_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void intel_destroy_ringbuffer_obj(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
+void intel_destroy_ringbuffer_obj(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
 {
 	if (!ringbuf->obj)
 		return;
@@ -1530,8 +1530,8 @@ static void intel_destroy_ringbuffer_obj(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
 	ringbuf->obj = NULL;
 }
 
-static int intel_alloc_ringbuffer_obj(struct drm_device *dev,
-				      struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
+int intel_alloc_ringbuffer_obj(struct drm_device *dev,
+			       struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(dev);
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 70525d0c2c74650ef780a69c797c59316cedd371..669cc7527f9a7ba48661dd13eb8e3a00a50cf581 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ intel_write_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 #define I915_GEM_HWS_SCRATCH_INDEX	0x30
 #define I915_GEM_HWS_SCRATCH_ADDR (I915_GEM_HWS_SCRATCH_INDEX << MI_STORE_DWORD_INDEX_SHIFT)
 
+void intel_destroy_ringbuffer_obj(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf);
+int intel_alloc_ringbuffer_obj(struct drm_device *dev,
+			       struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf);
+
 void intel_stop_ring_buffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
 void intel_cleanup_ring_buffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);