diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
index 0ba524a414c68d66558afe24674613a2229451ee..cbad7fe722cebb840f50c46ad73f9f1c63c49c78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ static void add_retire(struct intel_breadcrumbs *b, struct intel_timeline *tl)
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine =
 		container_of(b, struct intel_engine_cs, breadcrumbs);
 
+	if (unlikely(intel_engine_is_virtual(engine)))
+		engine = intel_virtual_engine_get_sibling(engine, 0);
+
 	intel_engine_add_retire(engine, tl);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
index 7ef1d37970f6d4942d3ec2d1028f2e4d9467a8f1..8a5054f21bf880644a0bc3002971bf63491406ff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ static bool add_retire(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 void intel_engine_add_retire(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			     struct intel_timeline *tl)
 {
+	/* We don't deal well with the engine disappearing beneath us */
+	GEM_BUG_ON(intel_engine_is_virtual(engine));
+
 	if (add_retire(engine, tl))
 		schedule_work(&engine->retire_work);
 }