diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 5cd2b97aa76e532d4d988148af9fd92444943869..2acf5803cf3221d85e946b6e22b36a1f1d015b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -651,10 +651,6 @@ static int do_switch(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 			if (ret)
 				DRM_ERROR("ring init context: %d\n", ret);
 		}
-
-		ret = i915_gem_render_state_init(ring);
-		if (ret)
-			DRM_ERROR("init render state: %d\n", ret);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 3887f1aaf057ff813378593293eb0596e923e82c..a8dc158f33be9006e1783d81786933bd9fb27488 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -710,6 +710,22 @@ static int intel_ring_workarounds_emit(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int intel_rcs_ctx_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+			      struct intel_context *ctx)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = intel_ring_workarounds_emit(ring, ctx);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = i915_gem_render_state_init(ring);
+	if (ret)
+		DRM_ERROR("init render state: %d\n", ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int wa_add(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		  const u32 addr, const u32 val, const u32 mask)
 {
@@ -2345,7 +2361,7 @@ int intel_init_render_ring_buffer(struct drm_device *dev)
 			}
 		}
 
-		ring->init_context = intel_ring_workarounds_emit;
+		ring->init_context = intel_rcs_ctx_init;
 		ring->add_request = gen6_add_request;
 		ring->flush = gen8_render_ring_flush;
 		ring->irq_get = gen8_ring_get_irq;