diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index b407baaf0014..afd994391ad7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -529,53 +529,6 @@ i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, unsigned int flags)
 	return ctx;
 }
 
-/**
- * i915_gem_context_create_gvt - create a GVT GEM context
- * @dev: drm device *
- *
- * This function is used to create a GVT specific GEM context.
- *
- * Returns:
- * pointer to i915_gem_context on success, error pointer if failed
- *
- */
-struct i915_gem_context *
-i915_gem_context_create_gvt(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_GVT))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-
-	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-
-	ctx = i915_gem_create_context(to_i915(dev), 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = i915_gem_context_pin_hw_id(ctx);
-	if (ret) {
-		context_close(ctx);
-		ctx = ERR_PTR(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ctx->file_priv = ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
-	i915_gem_context_set_closed(ctx); /* not user accessible */
-	i915_gem_context_clear_bannable(ctx);
-	i915_gem_context_set_force_single_submission(ctx);
-	if (!USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(to_i915(dev)))
-		ctx->ring_size = 512 * PAGE_SIZE; /* Max ring buffer size */
-
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_gem_context_is_kernel(ctx));
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	return ctx;
-}
-
 static void
 destroy_kernel_context(struct i915_gem_context **ctxp)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h
index 106e2ccf7a4c..176978608b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.h
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_file *file);
 
 void i915_gem_context_release(struct kref *ctx_ref);
-struct i915_gem_context *
-i915_gem_context_create_gvt(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 int i915_gem_vm_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			     struct drm_file *file);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 0a0a17bea540..4cb3c71327fe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -1211,19 +1211,28 @@ i915_context_ppgtt_root_save(struct intel_vgpu_submission *s,
  */
 int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = vgpu->gvt->dev_priv;
 	struct intel_vgpu_submission *s = &vgpu->submission;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 	enum intel_engine_id i;
 	int ret;
 
-	ctx = i915_gem_context_create_gvt(&vgpu->gvt->dev_priv->drm);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	ctx = i915_gem_context_create_kernel(i915, I915_PRIORITY_MAX);
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	i915_gem_context_set_force_single_submission(ctx);
+	if (!USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(i915))
+		ctx->ring_size = 512 * PAGE_SIZE; /* Max ring buffer size */
 
 	i915_context_ppgtt_root_save(s, i915_vm_to_ppgtt(ctx->vm));
 
-	for_each_engine(engine, vgpu->gvt->dev_priv, i) {
+	for_each_engine(engine, i915, i) {
 		struct intel_context *ce;
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->workload_q_head[i]);
@@ -1261,11 +1270,12 @@ int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 	bitmap_zero(s->tlb_handle_pending, I915_NUM_ENGINES);
 
 	i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
+	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	return 0;
 
 out_shadow_ctx:
 	i915_context_ppgtt_root_restore(s, i915_vm_to_ppgtt(ctx->vm));
-	for_each_engine(engine, vgpu->gvt->dev_priv, i) {
+	for_each_engine(engine, i915, i) {
 		if (IS_ERR(s->shadow[i]))
 			break;
 
@@ -1273,6 +1283,8 @@ out_shadow_ctx:
 		intel_context_put(s->shadow[i]);
 	}
 	i915_gem_context_put(ctx);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }