diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
index f1f426a97aa9d43826010d7be90f6bffdbe59426..d186c157f65fefe3c64b45b86f0ffa6ab824df2f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
@@ -775,7 +775,8 @@ static void init_vgpu_execlist(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, int ring_id)
 			_EL_OFFSET_STATUS_PTR);
 
 	ctx_status_ptr.dw = vgpu_vreg(vgpu, ctx_status_ptr_reg);
-	ctx_status_ptr.read_ptr = ctx_status_ptr.write_ptr = 0x7;
+	ctx_status_ptr.read_ptr = 0;
+	ctx_status_ptr.write_ptr = 0x7;
 	vgpu_vreg(vgpu, ctx_status_ptr_reg) = ctx_status_ptr.dw;
 }