diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 099a3ee..2229238 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2151,7 +2151,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
 	struct intel_context *ctx;
 	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf;
 
-	/** Batch buffer related to this request if any */
+	/** Batch buffer related to this request if any (used for
+	    error state dump only) */
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *batch_obj;
 
 	/** Time at which this request was emitted, in jiffies. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 1c711c0..5f24ce1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2466,6 +2466,7 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	 * inactive_list and lose its active reference. Hence we do not need
 	 * to explicitly hold another reference here.
 	 */
+	WARN_ON(request->batch_obj && obj);
 	request->batch_obj = obj;
 
 	if (!i915.enable_execlists) {
@@ -4856,8 +4857,16 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	/* Now it is safe to go back round and do everything else: */
 	for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
+		struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
+
 		WARN_ON(!ring->default_context);
 
+		ret = dev_priv->gt.alloc_request(ring, ring->default_context, &req);
+		if (ret) {
+			i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
 		if (ring->id == RCS) {
 			for (i = 0; i < NUM_L3_SLICES(dev); i++)
 				i915_gem_l3_remap(ring, i);
@@ -4866,6 +4875,7 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 		ret = i915_ppgtt_init_ring(ring);
 		if (ret && ret != -EIO) {
 			DRM_ERROR("PPGTT enable ring #%d failed %d\n", i, ret);
+			i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
 			i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
 			return ret;
 		}
@@ -4873,8 +4883,16 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
 		ret = i915_gem_context_enable(ring);
 		if (ret && ret != -EIO) {
 			DRM_ERROR("Context enable ring #%d failed %d\n", i, ret);
+			i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
 			i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
+			return ret;
+		}
 
+		ret = i915_add_request_no_flush(ring);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_ERROR("Add request ring #%d failed: %d\n", i, ret);
+			i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
+			i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 1528e77..6048ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -1211,16 +1211,11 @@ int i915_ppgtt_init_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
 	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!ppgtt)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = ppgtt->switch_mm(ppgtt, ring);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	return ret;
+	return ppgtt->switch_mm(ppgtt, ring);
 }
 
 struct i915_hw_ppgtt *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
index aba39c3..989476e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_render_state.c
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 
 	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so.obj), ring);
 
-	ret = __i915_add_request(ring, NULL, so.obj, true);
+	WARN_ON(ring->outstanding_lazy_request->batch_obj);
+	ring->outstanding_lazy_request->batch_obj = so.obj;
 	/* __i915_add_request moves object to inactive if it fails */
 out:
 	i915_gem_render_state_fini(&so);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index cb12eea..de01cae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1592,8 +1592,6 @@ int intel_lr_context_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 {
 	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = ctx->engine[ring->id].ringbuf;
 	struct render_state so;
-	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv = ctx->file_priv;
-	struct drm_file *file = file_priv ? file_priv->file : NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = i915_gem_render_state_prepare(ring, &so);
@@ -1612,9 +1610,9 @@ int intel_lr_context_render_state_init(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 	i915_vma_move_to_active(i915_gem_obj_to_ggtt(so.obj), ring);
 
-	ret = __i915_add_request(ring, file, so.obj, true);
-	/* intel_logical_ring_add_request moves object to inactive if it
-	 * fails */
+	WARN_ON(ring->outstanding_lazy_request->batch_obj);
+	ring->outstanding_lazy_request->batch_obj = so.obj;
+	/* __i915_add_request moves object to inactive if it fails */
 out:
 	i915_gem_render_state_fini(&so);
 	return ret;
