diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
index 33808657988a..df11f69edc05 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ static void clean_workloads(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, unsigned long engine_mask)
 			list_del_init(&pos->list);
 			free_workload(pos);
 		}
+
+		clear_bit(engine->id, vgpu->shadow_ctx_desc_updated);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
index ba53ad17900b..ea736717e051 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ struct intel_vgpu {
 	atomic_t running_workload_num;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(tlb_handle_pending, I915_NUM_ENGINES);
 	struct i915_gem_context *shadow_ctx;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(shadow_ctx_desc_updated, I915_NUM_ENGINES);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_GVT_KVMGT)
 	struct {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index ca1926d564c9..025aba8a72e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -184,6 +184,23 @@ static int shadow_context_status_change(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
+static void shadow_context_descriptor_update(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+		struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	struct intel_context *ce = &ctx->engine[engine->id];
+	u64 desc = 0;
+
+	desc = ce->lrc_desc;
+
+	/* Update bits 0-11 of the context descriptor which includes flags
+	 * like GEN8_CTX_* cached in desc_template
+	 */
+	desc &= U64_MAX << 12;
+	desc |= ctx->desc_template & ((1ULL << 12) - 1);
+
+	ce->lrc_desc = desc;
+}
+
 /**
  * intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_workload - audit the workload by scanning and
  * shadow it as well, include ringbuffer,wa_ctx and ctx.
@@ -210,6 +227,10 @@ int intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 	shadow_ctx->desc_template |= workload->ctx_desc.addressing_mode <<
 				    GEN8_CTX_ADDRESSING_MODE_SHIFT;
 
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(ring_id, vgpu->shadow_ctx_desc_updated))
+		shadow_context_descriptor_update(shadow_ctx,
+					dev_priv->engine[ring_id]);
+
 	rq = i915_gem_request_alloc(dev_priv->engine[ring_id], shadow_ctx);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		gvt_vgpu_err("fail to allocate gem request\n");
@@ -656,5 +677,7 @@ int intel_vgpu_init_gvt_context(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 
 	vgpu->shadow_ctx->engine[RCS].initialised = true;
 
+	bitmap_zero(vgpu->shadow_ctx_desc_updated, I915_NUM_ENGINES);
+
 	return 0;
 }