diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index ca85e81fdb44..049bbca6ed56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -620,9 +620,20 @@ bool xe_device_mem_access_ongoing(struct xe_device *xe)
 	return atomic_read(&xe->mem_access.ref);
 }
 
+/**
+ * xe_device_assert_mem_access - Inspect the current runtime_pm state.
+ * @xe: xe device instance
+ *
+ * To be used before any kind of memory access. It will splat a debug warning
+ * if the device is currently sleeping. But it doesn't guarantee in any way
+ * that the device is going to remain awake. Xe PM runtime get and put
+ * functions might be added to the outer bound of the memory access, while
+ * this check is intended for inner usage to splat some warning if the worst
+ * case has just happened.
+ */
 void xe_device_assert_mem_access(struct xe_device *xe)
 {
-	XE_WARN_ON(!xe_device_mem_access_ongoing(xe));
+	XE_WARN_ON(xe_pm_runtime_suspended(xe));
 }
 
 bool xe_device_mem_access_get_if_ongoing(struct xe_device *xe)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c
index ae220f21acb1..5289d8c0c3b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c
@@ -261,6 +261,22 @@ struct task_struct *xe_pm_read_callback_task(struct xe_device *xe)
 	return READ_ONCE(xe->pm_callback_task);
 }
 
+/**
+ * xe_pm_runtime_suspended - Check if runtime_pm state is suspended
+ * @xe: xe device instance
+ *
+ * This does not provide any guarantee that the device is going to remain
+ * suspended as it might be racing with the runtime state transitions.
+ * It can be used only as a non-reliable assertion, to ensure that we are not in
+ * the sleep state while trying to access some memory for instance.
+ *
+ * Returns true if PCI device is suspended, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool xe_pm_runtime_suspended(struct xe_device *xe)
+{
+	return pm_runtime_suspended(xe->drm.dev);
+}
+
 /**
  * xe_pm_runtime_suspend - Prepare our device for D3hot/D3Cold
  * @xe: xe device instance
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h
index 64a97c6726a7..75919eba1746 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int xe_pm_resume(struct xe_device *xe);
 void xe_pm_init_early(struct xe_device *xe);
 void xe_pm_init(struct xe_device *xe);
 void xe_pm_runtime_fini(struct xe_device *xe);
+bool xe_pm_runtime_suspended(struct xe_device *xe);
 int xe_pm_runtime_suspend(struct xe_device *xe);
 int xe_pm_runtime_resume(struct xe_device *xe);
 int xe_pm_runtime_get(struct xe_device *xe);