diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 104893bea2f1..198e681639b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@ int __must_check i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_context_reset(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
-int i915_gem_context_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
+int i915_gem_context_enable(struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
 void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
 int i915_switch_context(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 			struct intel_context *to);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 9522e861a733..a580593f586e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -5052,6 +5052,8 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 */
 	init_unused_rings(dev);
 
+	BUG_ON(!dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context);
+
 	ret = i915_ppgtt_init_hw(dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("PPGTT enable HW failed %d\n", ret);
@@ -5067,6 +5069,8 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	/* Now it is safe to go back round and do everything else: */
 	for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
+		WARN_ON(!ring->default_context);
+
 		if (ring->id == RCS) {
 			for (j = 0; j < NUM_L3_SLICES(dev); j++)
 				i915_gem_l3_remap(ring, j);
@@ -5078,14 +5082,13 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 			i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
 			goto out;
 		}
-	}
 
-	ret = i915_gem_context_enable(dev_priv);
-	if (ret && ret != -EIO) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Context enable failed %d\n", ret);
-		i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
-
-		goto out;
+		ret = i915_gem_context_enable(ring);
+		if (ret && ret != -EIO) {
+			DRM_ERROR("Context enable ring #%d failed %d\n", i, ret);
+			i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 133afcf4d79e..9687d00c4b92 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -409,32 +409,22 @@ void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 	i915_gem_context_unreference(dctx);
 }
 
-int i915_gem_context_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+int i915_gem_context_enable(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_cs *ring;
-	int ret, i;
-
-	BUG_ON(!dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context);
+	int ret;
 
 	if (i915.enable_execlists) {
-		for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
-			if (ring->init_context) {
-				ret = ring->init_context(ring,
-						ring->default_context);
-				if (ret) {
-					DRM_ERROR("ring init context: %d\n",
-							ret);
-					return ret;
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		if (ring->init_context == NULL)
+			return 0;
 
+		ret = ring->init_context(ring, ring->default_context);
 	} else
-		for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
-			ret = i915_switch_context(ring, ring->default_context);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		}
+		ret = i915_switch_context(ring, ring->default_context);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		DRM_ERROR("ring init context: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }