diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
index 910d49590068674869d0c74406bd66a935cf3032..7ca9e5159f05b7d1b3ddde221dd99bc4c8131965 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
@@ -148,11 +148,16 @@ static inline bool intel_guc_is_enabled(struct intel_guc *guc)
 	return intel_uc_fw_is_enabled(&guc->fw);
 }
 
-static inline bool intel_guc_is_running(struct intel_guc *guc)
+static inline bool intel_guc_is_fw_running(struct intel_guc *guc)
 {
 	return intel_uc_fw_is_running(&guc->fw);
 }
 
+static inline bool intel_guc_is_ready(struct intel_guc *guc)
+{
+	return intel_guc_is_fw_running(guc) && intel_guc_ct_enabled(&guc->ct);
+}
+
 static inline int intel_guc_sanitize(struct intel_guc *guc)
 {
 	intel_uc_fw_sanitize(&guc->fw);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
index d8481268336406b889db9b8fe065046cec46a255..11742fca0e9eb5cda12cf79d268ce8103dca4403 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void intel_guc_ct_disable(struct intel_guc_ct *ct)
 
 	ct->enabled = false;
 
-	if (intel_guc_is_running(guc)) {
+	if (intel_guc_is_fw_running(guc)) {
 		ct_deregister_buffer(ct, INTEL_GUC_CT_BUFFER_TYPE_SEND);
 		ct_deregister_buffer(ct, INTEL_GUC_CT_BUFFER_TYPE_RECV);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c
index 64934a876a501f4dc2df1a452dfe379b5998cb12..affc4d6f9ead09fb9ee334f39f365c3c0fb6a62f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void __uc_fini_hw(struct intel_uc *uc)
 {
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &uc->guc;
 
-	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
+	if (!intel_guc_is_fw_running(guc))
 		return;
 
 	if (intel_uc_supports_guc_submission(uc))
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ void intel_uc_reset_prepare(struct intel_uc *uc)
 {
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &uc->guc;
 
-	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
+	if (!intel_guc_is_ready(guc))
 		return;
 
 	guc_disable_communication(guc);
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ void intel_uc_runtime_suspend(struct intel_uc *uc)
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &uc->guc;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
+	if (!intel_guc_is_ready(guc))
 		return;
 
 	err = intel_guc_suspend(guc);
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void intel_uc_suspend(struct intel_uc *uc)
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &uc->guc;
 	intel_wakeref_t wakeref;
 
-	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
+	if (!intel_guc_is_ready(guc))
 		return;
 
 	with_intel_runtime_pm(uc_to_gt(uc)->uncore->rpm, wakeref)
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int __uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc, bool enable_communication)
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &uc->guc;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
+	if (!intel_guc_is_fw_running(guc))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Make sure we enable communication if and only if it's disabled */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 2d76138c349f981264b1ce69556f24ae6cd6167a..e329503b68c2b20b2bcda002788ff77eb1348e84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ static int i915_guc_log_relay_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &i915->gt.uc.guc;
 	struct intel_guc_log *log = &guc->log;
 
-	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
+	if (!intel_guc_is_ready(guc))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	file->private_data = log;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e56f289d2975a69b427ddbfaea69088b56b8bf4b..a71ff233cc55c5ff616ea8c1022409c45fbd5119 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ i915_coherent_map_type(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 static inline bool intel_guc_submission_is_enabled(struct intel_guc *guc)
 {
 	return intel_guc_is_submission_supported(guc) &&
-		intel_guc_is_running(guc);
+	       intel_guc_is_ready(guc);
 }
 
 #endif