diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 9f8fbbacf6c0e6461cb5854789e7fe2ecfa1263a..bcb41002aa1364d8ea2c29c3f93d990db90b9309 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -782,9 +782,9 @@ int i915_switch_context(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	return do_switch(ring, to);
 }
 
-static bool hw_context_enabled(struct drm_device *dev)
+static bool contexts_enabled(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
-	return to_i915(dev)->hw_context_size;
+	return i915.enable_execlists || to_i915(dev)->hw_context_size;
 }
 
 int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
@@ -795,8 +795,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct intel_context *ctx;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* FIXME: allow user-created LR contexts as well */
-	if (!hw_context_enabled(dev))
+	if (!contexts_enabled(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index dec2cc2fbd42f58c68fc9e38d73733de8c26a1a1..29cb2156d32bb2b76fcea92236cd3efe0ff70a05 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -931,6 +931,14 @@ i915_gem_validate_context(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
 
+	if (i915.enable_execlists && !ctx->engine[ring->id].state) {
+		int ret = intel_lr_context_deferred_create(ctx, ring);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_DEBUG("Could not create LRC %u: %d\n", ctx_id, ret);
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return ctx;
 }