diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index dd8f8cc69a76..907e6bc794f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -203,9 +203,12 @@ static int dispatch_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_wa_ctx(&workload->wa_ctx);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+	if ((workload->ring_id == RCS) &&
+	    (workload->wa_ctx.indirect_ctx.size != 0)) {
+		ret = intel_gvt_scan_and_shadow_wa_ctx(&workload->wa_ctx);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	ret = populate_shadow_context(workload);
 	if (ret)