diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index fb1b1d09697511ab88338ef8fe460a36e9d80265..9cf555d6842b71e2a99ace195eadc7f1cf0f0068 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -713,9 +713,12 @@ static int engine_setup_common(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		goto err_status;
 	}
 
+	err = intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(engine);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_cmd_parser;
+
 	intel_engine_init_active(engine, ENGINE_PHYSICAL);
 	intel_engine_init_execlists(engine);
-	intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(engine);
 	intel_engine_init__pm(engine);
 	intel_engine_init_retire(engine);
 
@@ -732,6 +735,8 @@ static int engine_setup_common(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_cmd_parser:
+	intel_breadcrumbs_free(engine->breadcrumbs);
 err_status:
 	cleanup_status_page(engine);
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
index ced9a96d7c34be0bb922240db86eda36b3690965..5f86f5b2caf6f19b1918b91a778c1fc3604cd9d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static void fini_hash_table(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
  * struct intel_engine_cs based on whether the platform requires software
  * command parsing.
  */
-void intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+int intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	const struct drm_i915_cmd_table *cmd_tables;
 	int cmd_table_count;
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ void intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 	if (!IS_GEN(engine->i915, 7) && !(IS_GEN(engine->i915, 9) &&
 					  engine->class == COPY_ENGINE_CLASS))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	switch (engine->class) {
 	case RENDER_CLASS:
@@ -1013,19 +1013,19 @@ void intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		break;
 	default:
 		MISSING_CASE(engine->class);
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (!validate_cmds_sorted(engine, cmd_tables, cmd_table_count)) {
 		drm_err(&engine->i915->drm,
 			"%s: command descriptions are not sorted\n",
 			engine->name);
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	if (!validate_regs_sorted(engine)) {
 		drm_err(&engine->i915->drm,
 			"%s: registers are not sorted\n", engine->name);
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = init_hash_table(engine, cmd_tables, cmd_table_count);
@@ -1033,10 +1033,17 @@ void intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		drm_err(&engine->i915->drm,
 			"%s: initialised failed!\n", engine->name);
 		fini_hash_table(engine);
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	engine->flags |= I915_ENGINE_USING_CMD_PARSER;
+
+out:
+	if (intel_engine_requires_cmd_parser(engine) &&
+	    !intel_engine_using_cmd_parser(engine))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 26d69d06aa6d131809fb6be42cba048d344e6768..cb62ddba203522f61501fd918179cc053a1eeb6c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ const char *i915_cache_level_str(struct drm_i915_private *i915, int type);
 
 /* i915_cmd_parser.c */
 int i915_cmd_parser_get_version(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
-void intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
+int intel_engine_init_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 void intel_engine_cleanup_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 int intel_engine_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			    struct i915_vma *batch,