diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index ab0dc93d7740..26c27ca51b2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,11 @@ static void deregister_exec_queue(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 		q->guc->id,
 	};
 
+	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), exec_queue_destroyed(q));
+	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), exec_queue_registered(q));
+	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), !exec_queue_pending_disable(q));
+	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), !exec_queue_pending_enable(q));
+
 	trace_xe_exec_queue_deregister(q);
 
 	xe_guc_ct_send_g2h_handler(&guc->ct, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));