diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index 6bb51a502b8b4..d790bdc227ffb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1951,8 +1951,22 @@ int intel_enable_engine_stats(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
 	if (engine->stats.enabled == ~0)
 		goto busy;
-	if (engine->stats.enabled++ == 0)
+	if (engine->stats.enabled++ == 0) {
+		struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists = &engine->execlists;
+		const struct execlist_port *port = execlists->port;
+		unsigned int num_ports = execlists_num_ports(execlists);
+
 		engine->stats.enabled_at = ktime_get();
+
+		/* XXX submission method oblivious? */
+		while (num_ports-- && port_isset(port)) {
+			engine->stats.active++;
+			port++;
+		}
+
+		if (engine->stats.active)
+			engine->stats.start = engine->stats.enabled_at;
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;