diff --git a/runtime/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_receiver_hw.inl b/runtime/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_receiver_hw.inl
index bb904f583f..1ad55ec4a0 100644
--- a/runtime/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_receiver_hw.inl
+++ b/runtime/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_receiver_hw.inl
@@ -177,13 +177,14 @@ CommandStreamReceiver *TbxCommandStreamReceiverHw<GfxFamily>::create(const Hardw
         csr = new TbxCommandStreamReceiverHw<GfxFamily>(hwInfoIn, executionEnvironment);
     }
 
-    // Open our stream
-    csr->stream->open(nullptr);
-
-    // Add the file header.
-    bool streamInitialized = csr->stream->init(AubMemDump::SteppingValues::A, csr->aubDeviceId);
-    csr->streamInitialized = streamInitialized;
+    if (csr->hardwareContext == nullptr) {
+        // Open our stream
+        csr->stream->open(nullptr);
 
+        // Add the file header.
+        bool streamInitialized = csr->stream->init(AubMemDump::SteppingValues::A, csr->aubDeviceId);
+        csr->streamInitialized = streamInitialized;
+    }
     return csr;
 }
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_tests.cpp b/unit_tests/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_tests.cpp
index 6054eef784..1b206420f4 100644
--- a/unit_tests/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_tests.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/command_stream/tbx_command_stream_tests.cpp
@@ -440,3 +440,16 @@ HWTEST_F(TbxCommandStreamTests, givenTbxCommandStreamReceiverWhenMakeCoherentIsC
 
     EXPECT_TRUE(mockHardwareContext->readMemoryCalled);
 }
+
+HWTEST_F(TbxCommandStreamTests, givenTbxCsrWhenHardwareContextIsCreatedThenTbxStreamInCsrIsNotInitialized) {
+    const HardwareInfo &hwInfo = *platformDevices[0];
+    MockAubManager *mockManager = new MockAubManager();
+    MockAubCenter *mockAubCenter = new MockAubCenter(&hwInfo, false, "");
+    mockAubCenter->aubManager = std::unique_ptr<MockAubManager>(mockManager);
+    ExecutionEnvironment executionEnvironment;
+    executionEnvironment.aubCenter = std::unique_ptr<MockAubCenter>(mockAubCenter);
+    auto tbxCsr = std::unique_ptr<TbxCommandStreamReceiverHw<FamilyType>>(reinterpret_cast<TbxCommandStreamReceiverHw<FamilyType> *>(
+        TbxCommandStreamReceiverHw<FamilyType>::create(hwInfo, false, executionEnvironment)));
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(tbxCsr->streamInitialized);
+}