diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c
index d6744be01a687..94d468d01253d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ int xe_gt_init_early(struct xe_gt *gt)
 	xe_force_wake_init_gt(gt, gt_to_fw(gt));
 	spin_lock_init(&gt->global_invl_lock);
 
+	err = xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init_early(gt);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -588,10 +592,6 @@ int xe_gt_init(struct xe_gt *gt)
 		xe_hw_fence_irq_init(&gt->fence_irq[i]);
 	}
 
-	err = xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init(gt);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	err = xe_gt_pagefault_init(gt);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.c
index 6146d1776bdac..0a0af413770eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void xe_gt_tlb_fence_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 }
 
 /**
- * xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init - Initialize GT TLB invalidation state
+ * xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init_early - Initialize GT TLB invalidation state
  * @gt: graphics tile
  *
  * Initialize GT TLB invalidation state, purely software initialization, should
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void xe_gt_tlb_fence_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
  *
  * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on error.
  */
-int xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init(struct xe_gt *gt)
+int xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init_early(struct xe_gt *gt)
 {
 	gt->tlb_invalidation.seqno = 1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gt->tlb_invalidation.pending_fences);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.h
index 00b1c6c01e8d9..672acfcdf0d70 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ struct xe_gt;
 struct xe_guc;
 struct xe_vma;
 
-int xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init(struct xe_gt *gt);
+int xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init_early(struct xe_gt *gt);
+
 void xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_reset(struct xe_gt *gt);
 int xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_ggtt(struct xe_gt *gt);
 int xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_vma(struct xe_gt *gt,