diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 9749113fccdd5772e8bdfff7e6847cf3397f9b37..a742b364c2c3e2784d554762659fa57a8a1e42b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ int intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = vgpu->gvt->dev_priv;
 	int ring_id = workload->ring_id;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = dev_priv->engine[ring_id];
-	struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq;
 	struct intel_ring *ring;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -315,6 +314,27 @@ int intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 	ret = populate_shadow_context(workload);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unpin;
+	workload->shadowed = true;
+	return 0;
+
+err_unpin:
+	engine->context_unpin(engine, shadow_ctx);
+err_shadow:
+	release_shadow_wa_ctx(&workload->wa_ctx);
+err_scan:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int intel_gvt_generate_request(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
+{
+	int ring_id = workload->ring_id;
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = workload->vgpu->gvt->dev_priv;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = dev_priv->engine[ring_id];
+	struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq;
+	struct intel_vgpu *vgpu = workload->vgpu;
+	struct intel_vgpu_submission *s = &vgpu->submission;
+	struct i915_gem_context *shadow_ctx = s->shadow_ctx;
+	int ret;
 
 	rq = i915_gem_request_alloc(dev_priv->engine[ring_id], shadow_ctx);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
@@ -329,14 +349,11 @@ int intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 	ret = copy_workload_to_ring_buffer(workload);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unpin;
-	workload->shadowed = true;
 	return 0;
 
 err_unpin:
 	engine->context_unpin(engine, shadow_ctx);
-err_shadow:
 	release_shadow_wa_ctx(&workload->wa_ctx);
-err_scan:
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -496,6 +513,12 @@ static int prepare_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 		goto err_unpin_mm;
 	}
 
+	ret = intel_gvt_generate_request(workload);
+	if (ret) {
+		gvt_vgpu_err("fail to generate request\n");
+		goto err_unpin_mm;
+	}
+
 	ret = prepare_shadow_batch_buffer(workload);
 	if (ret) {
 		gvt_vgpu_err("fail to prepare_shadow_batch_buffer\n");