diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 82815b69dfbf..1489dd3b3ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -2592,6 +2592,8 @@ enum i915_power_well_id {
 #define   GFX_FORWARD_VBLANK_ALWAYS	(1<<5)
 #define   GFX_FORWARD_VBLANK_COND	(2<<5)
 
+#define   GEN11_GFX_DISABLE_LEGACY_MODE	(1<<3)
+
 #define VLV_DISPLAY_BASE 0x180000
 #define VLV_MIPI_BASE VLV_DISPLAY_BASE
 #define BXT_MIPI_BASE 0x60000
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 2fa328d512fc..40dbeaee9dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1443,8 +1443,22 @@ static void enable_execlists(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = engine->i915;
 
 	I915_WRITE(RING_HWSTAM(engine->mmio_base), 0xffffffff);
-	I915_WRITE(RING_MODE_GEN7(engine),
-		   _MASKED_BIT_ENABLE(GFX_RUN_LIST_ENABLE));
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we're not enabling the new 12-deep CSB
+	 * FIFO as that requires a slightly updated handling
+	 * in the ctx switch irq. Since we're currently only
+	 * using only 2 elements of the enhanced execlists the
+	 * deeper FIFO it's not needed and it's not worth adding
+	 * more statements to the irq handler to support it.
+	 */
+	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 11)
+		I915_WRITE(RING_MODE_GEN7(engine),
+			   _MASKED_BIT_DISABLE(GEN11_GFX_DISABLE_LEGACY_MODE));
+	else
+		I915_WRITE(RING_MODE_GEN7(engine),
+			   _MASKED_BIT_ENABLE(GFX_RUN_LIST_ENABLE));
+
 	I915_WRITE(RING_HWS_PGA(engine->mmio_base),
 		   engine->status_page.ggtt_offset);
 	POSTING_READ(RING_HWS_PGA(engine->mmio_base));