diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index 3f063e5530bb..cdc7e0935c13 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ struct xe_device *xe_device_create(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	xe->info.devid = pdev->device;
 	xe->info.revid = pdev->revision;
-	xe->info.force_execlist = xe_modparam.force_execlist;
 	xe->atomic_svm_timeslice_ms = 5;
 	xe->min_run_period_lr_ms = 5;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
index b368bb190fc4..ed932254f16f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static int xe_info_init_early(struct xe_device *xe,
 	xe->info.probe_display = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DISPLAY) &&
 				 xe_modparam.probe_display &&
 				 desc->has_display;
+	xe->info.force_execlist = xe_modparam.force_execlist;
 
 	xe_assert(xe, desc->max_gt_per_tile > 0);
 	xe_assert(xe, desc->max_gt_per_tile <= XE_MAX_GT_PER_TILE);