diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
index 2eacf1f51bbf..26127c7d2f32 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ amdgpu_pci_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	 * unfortunately we can't detect certain
 	 * hypervisors so just do this all the time.
 	 */
-	adev->mp1_state = PP_MP1_STATE_UNLOAD;
+	if (!amdgpu_passthrough(adev))
+		adev->mp1_state = PP_MP1_STATE_UNLOAD;
 	amdgpu_device_ip_suspend(adev);
 	adev->mp1_state = PP_MP1_STATE_NONE;
 }