diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index b458547e1fc6..07967adce16a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ 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 fc4a84628985..f903ee1ce06e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
@@ -3546,6 +3546,8 @@ 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);