diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 2e6fc185e54d..6176519d8bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@ static int context_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->submitqueues);
+	rwlock_init(&ctx->queuelock);
+
 	kref_init(&ctx->ref);
 	msm_submitqueue_init(dev, ctx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
index 32a55d81b58b..7ce0771b5582 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ int msm_submitqueue_init(struct drm_device *drm, struct msm_file_private *ctx)
 	 */
 	default_prio = DIV_ROUND_UP(max_priority, 2);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->submitqueues);
-
-	rwlock_init(&ctx->queuelock);
-
 	return msm_submitqueue_create(drm, ctx, default_prio, 0, NULL);
 }