diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index 8a9787cf0cd0..e367dce2a696 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@ int i915_gem_contexts_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(dev_priv->kernel_context);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(dev_priv->preempt_context);
 
-	intel_engine_init_ctx_wa(dev_priv->engine[RCS0]);
 	init_contexts(dev_priv);
 
 	/* lowest priority; idle task */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index 7d6d6e62e9cc..df5932f5f578 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@ static int intel_engine_setup_common(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	engine->sseu =
 		intel_sseu_from_device_info(&RUNTIME_INFO(engine->i915)->sseu);
 
+	intel_engine_init_workarounds(engine);
+	intel_engine_init_whitelist(engine);
+	intel_engine_init_ctx_wa(engine);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 15906a1bee73..e1ae1399c72b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2807,9 +2807,6 @@ int intel_execlists_submission_init(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	intel_engine_init_workarounds(engine);
-	intel_engine_init_whitelist(engine);
-
 	if (intel_init_workaround_bb(engine))
 		/*
 		 * We continue even if we fail to initialize WA batch
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c
index 8dd9105efad9..53fe1eb7c7bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ void intel_engine_init_workarounds(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct i915_wa_list *wal = &engine->wa_list;
 
-	if (GEM_WARN_ON(INTEL_GEN(engine->i915) < 8))
+	if (INTEL_GEN(engine->i915) < 8)
 		return;
 
 	wa_init_start(wal, engine->name);