diff --git a/src/intel/common/intel_gem.c b/src/intel/common/intel_gem.c
index 267d0657315..9c9da5ab0cb 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/intel_gem.c
+++ b/src/intel/common/intel_gem.c
@@ -89,11 +89,14 @@ intel_gem_create_context_engines(int fd,
     */
    int last_engine_idx[] = {
       [I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER] = -1,
+      [I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY] = -1,
    };
 
    int i915_engine_counts[] = {
       [I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER] =
          intel_gem_count_engines(info, I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER),
+      [I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY] =
+         intel_gem_count_engines(info, I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY),
    };
 
    /* For each queue, we look for the next instance that matches the class we
@@ -101,7 +104,8 @@ intel_gem_create_context_engines(int fd,
     */
    for (int i = 0; i < num_engines; i++) {
       uint16_t engine_class = engine_classes[i];
-      assert(engine_class == I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER);
+      assert(engine_class == I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER ||
+             engine_class == I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY);
       if (i915_engine_counts[engine_class] <= 0) {
          free(engines_param);
          return -1;