diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index b59b6d5b7583..490df551e312 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ static int init_ring_common(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 		ring->head = I915_READ_HEAD(ring);
 		ring->tail = I915_READ_TAIL(ring) & TAIL_ADDR;
 		ring->space = ring_space(ring);
+		ring->last_retired_head = -1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;