diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 81665a9eb43f..db714dcf92a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2103,19 +2103,12 @@ static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *reg_state,
 	ASSIGN_CTX_REG(reg_state, CTX_PDP0_LDW, GEN8_RING_PDP_LDW(engine, 0),
 		       0);
 
-	if (USES_FULL_48BIT_PPGTT(ppgtt->base.dev)) {
+	if (ppgtt && USES_FULL_48BIT_PPGTT(ppgtt->base.dev)) {
 		/* 64b PPGTT (48bit canonical)
 		 * PDP0_DESCRIPTOR contains the base address to PML4 and
 		 * other PDP Descriptors are ignored.
 		 */
 		ASSIGN_CTX_PML4(ppgtt, reg_state);
-	} else {
-		/* 32b PPGTT
-		 * PDP*_DESCRIPTOR contains the base address of space supported.
-		 * With dynamic page allocation, PDPs may not be allocated at
-		 * this point. Point the unallocated PDPs to the scratch page
-		 */
-		execlists_update_context_pdps(ppgtt, reg_state);
 	}
 
 	if (engine->id == RCS) {