diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index dfb69fc977a06..84a75c95f3f7d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ static int intel_engine_setup(struct intel_gt *gt, enum intel_engine_id id,
 		DRIVER_CAPS(i915)->has_logical_contexts = true;
 
 	ewma__engine_latency_init(&engine->latency);
-	seqcount_init(&engine->stats.execlists.lock);
 
 	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&engine->context_status_notifier);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
index 4d05321dc5b5e..e8f42ec6b1b47 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
@@ -3548,6 +3548,8 @@ int intel_execlists_submission_setup(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	logical_ring_default_vfuncs(engine);
 	logical_ring_default_irqs(engine);
 
+	seqcount_init(&engine->stats.execlists.lock);
+
 	if (engine->flags & I915_ENGINE_HAS_RCS_REG_STATE)
 		rcs_submission_override(engine);