diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index f220c945bff2..6a2d847a637a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -700,21 +700,21 @@ static int do_switch(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		/* obj is kept alive until the next request by its active ref */
 		i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(from->obj);
 		i915_gem_context_unreference(from);
-	} else {
-		if (to->is_initialized == false) {
-			ret = i915_gem_render_state_init(ring);
-			if (ret)
-				DRM_ERROR("init render state: %d\n", ret);
-		}
 	}
 
-	to->is_initialized = true;
-
 done:
 	i915_gem_context_reference(to);
 	ring->last_context = to;
 	to->last_ring = ring;
 
+	if (ring->id == RCS && !to->is_initialized && from == NULL) {
+		ret = i915_gem_render_state_init(ring);
+		if (ret)
+			DRM_ERROR("init render state: %d\n", ret);
+	}
+
+	to->is_initialized = true;
+
 	return 0;
 
 unpin_out:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
index 392aa7b34ee9..cfbf6fc02a9e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
@@ -164,9 +164,11 @@ int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	const int gen = INTEL_INFO(ring->dev)->gen;
 	struct i915_render_state *so;
 	const struct intel_renderstate_rodata *rodata;
-	u32 seqno;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(ring->id != RCS))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	rodata = render_state_get_rodata(ring->dev, gen);
 	if (rodata == NULL)
 		return 0;
@@ -186,8 +188,10 @@ int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = i915_add_request(ring, &seqno);
+	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so->obj), ring);
 
+	ret = __i915_add_request(ring, NULL, so->obj, NULL);
+	/* __i915_add_request moves object to inactive if it fails */
 out:
 	render_state_free(so);
 	return ret;