diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c
index 047341d5689a..491506a1e12e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_debugfs.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 	drm_printf(&p, "revid %d\n", xe->info.revid);
 	drm_printf(&p, "tile_count %d\n", xe->info.tile_count);
 	drm_printf(&p, "vm_max_level %d\n", xe->info.vm_max_level);
-	drm_printf(&p, "enable_guc %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.enable_guc));
+	drm_printf(&p, "force_execlist %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.force_execlist));
 	drm_printf(&p, "supports_usm %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.supports_usm));
 	drm_printf(&p, "has_flat_ccs %s\n", str_yes_no(xe->info.has_flat_ccs));
 	for_each_gt(gt, xe, id) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index f948a358f53e..63ed59c61c84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct xe_device *xe_device_create(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	xe->info.devid = pdev->device;
 	xe->info.revid = pdev->revision;
-	xe->info.enable_guc = enable_guc;
+	xe->info.force_execlist = force_execlist;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&xe->irq.lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h
index 593accb68281..61a5cf1f7300 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.h
@@ -116,12 +116,7 @@ static inline struct xe_gt *xe_root_mmio_gt(struct xe_device *xe)
 
 static inline bool xe_device_guc_submission_enabled(struct xe_device *xe)
 {
-	return xe->info.enable_guc;
-}
-
-static inline void xe_device_guc_submission_disable(struct xe_device *xe)
-{
-	xe->info.enable_guc = false;
+	return !xe->info.force_execlist;
 }
 
 #define for_each_tile(tile__, xe__, id__) \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index 52c5f7ded7ce..c521ffaf3871 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ struct xe_device {
 		u8 supports_usm:1;
 		/** @has_asid: Has address space ID */
 		u8 has_asid:1;
-		/** @enable_guc: GuC submission enabled */
-		u8 enable_guc:1;
+		/** @force_execlist: Forced execlist submission */
+		u8 force_execlist:1;
 		/** @has_flat_ccs: Whether flat CCS metadata is used */
 		u8 has_flat_ccs:1;
 		/** @has_4tile: Whether tile-4 tiling is supported */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
index 496a9001dc3e..ed3772a69762 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #include "xe_pci.h"
 #include "xe_sched_job.h"
 
-bool enable_guc = true;
-module_param_named_unsafe(enable_guc, enable_guc, bool, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_guc, "Enable GuC submission");
+bool force_execlist = false;
+module_param_named_unsafe(force_execlist, force_execlist, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_execlist, "Force Execlist submission");
 
 u32 xe_force_vram_bar_size;
 module_param_named(vram_bar_size, xe_force_vram_bar_size, uint, 0600);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
index 7169907c3365..2c1f9199f909 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /* Module modprobe variables */
-extern bool enable_guc;
+extern bool force_execlist;
 extern bool enable_display;
 extern u32 xe_force_vram_bar_size;
 extern int xe_guc_log_level;