diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
index 9da0aff0072d..b8e71ad6f8d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ void a5xx_preempt_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		a5xx_gpu->preempt[i]->wptr = 0;
 		a5xx_gpu->preempt[i]->rptr = 0;
 		a5xx_gpu->preempt[i]->rbase = gpu->rb[i]->iova;
+		a5xx_gpu->preempt[i]->rptr_addr = shadowptr(a5xx_gpu, gpu->rb[i]);
 	}
 
 	/* Write a 0 to signal that we aren't switching pagetables */
@@ -261,7 +262,6 @@ static int preempt_init_ring(struct a5xx_gpu *a5xx_gpu,
 	ptr->data = 0;
 	ptr->cntl = MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT | AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE;
 
-	ptr->rptr_addr = shadowptr(a5xx_gpu, ring);
 	ptr->counter = counters_iova;
 
 	return 0;