diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
index 966e69a8b1c1..d0d99f178f2d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ struct intel_guc {
 		 * @shift: Right shift value for the gpm timestamp
 		 */
 		u32 shift;
+
+		/**
+		 * @last_stat_jiffies: jiffies at last actual stats collection time
+		 * We use this timestamp to ensure we don't oversample the
+		 * stats because runtime power management events can trigger
+		 * stats collection at much higher rates than required.
+		 */
+		unsigned long last_stat_jiffies;
 	} timestamp;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index e62ea35513ea..c9f167b80910 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,8 @@ static void __update_guc_busyness_stats(struct intel_guc *guc)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	ktime_t unused;
 
+	guc->timestamp.last_stat_jiffies = jiffies;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&guc->timestamp.lock, flags);
 
 	guc_update_pm_timestamp(guc, &unused);
@@ -1386,6 +1388,17 @@ void intel_guc_busyness_park(struct intel_gt *gt)
 		return;
 
 	cancel_delayed_work(&guc->timestamp.work);
+
+	/*
+	 * Before parking, we should sample engine busyness stats if we need to.
+	 * We can skip it if we are less than half a ping from the last time we
+	 * sampled the busyness stats.
+	 */
+	if (guc->timestamp.last_stat_jiffies &&
+	    !time_after(jiffies, guc->timestamp.last_stat_jiffies +
+			(guc->timestamp.ping_delay / 2)))
+		return;
+
 	__update_guc_busyness_stats(guc);
 }