diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
index 4503c7c77a3e..7140c3f96362 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #include "amdxdna_pci_drv.h"
 #include "amdxdna_pm.h"
 
-static bool force_cmdlist;
+static bool force_cmdlist = true;
 module_param(force_cmdlist, bool, 0600);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_cmdlist, "Force use command list (Default false)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_cmdlist, "Force use command list (Default true)");
 
 #define HWCTX_MAX_TIMEOUT	60000 /* milliseconds */