diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index efdeb7b7b2a0..a19537706ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -708,9 +708,12 @@ 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);
 
@@ -724,6 +727,8 @@ 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 e7362ec22ade..9ce174950340 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ 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;
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ 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:
@@ -1012,19 +1012,19 @@ 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);
@@ -1032,10 +1032,17 @@ 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 fa830e77bb64..6909901b3551 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ 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,