diff --git a/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h b/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h
index 4b12455997..51d99875b1 100644
--- a/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h
+++ b/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class DirectSubmissionHw {
     bool completionFenceSupported = false;
     bool isDisablePrefetcherRequired = false;
     bool dcFlushRequired = false;
-    bool detectGpuHang = false;
+    bool detectGpuHang = true;
     bool relaxedOrderingEnabled = false;
     bool relaxedOrderingInitialized = false;
     bool relaxedOrderingSchedulerRequired = false;
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/direct_submission/direct_submission_tests_1.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/direct_submission/direct_submission_tests_1.cpp
index b3504ca9ff..b30758e72f 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/direct_submission/direct_submission_tests_1.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/direct_submission/direct_submission_tests_1.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ HWTEST_F(DirectSubmissionTest, givenDirectSubmissionInitializedWhenRingIsStarted
 
 HWTEST_F(DirectSubmissionTest, givenDirectSubmissionInitializedWhenRingIsNotStartedThenExpectAllocationsCreatedAndCommandsNotDispatched) {
     MockDirectSubmissionHw<FamilyType, RenderDispatcher<FamilyType>> directSubmission(*pDevice->getDefaultEngine().commandStreamReceiver);
-    EXPECT_FALSE(directSubmission.detectGpuHang);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(directSubmission.detectGpuHang);
 
     bool ret = directSubmission.initialize(false, false);
     EXPECT_TRUE(ret);