diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c
index 60bac65c8b9d..e008e3c1bf68 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ static void xe_gt_fini(void *arg)
 	struct xe_gt *gt = arg;
 	int i;
 
+	if (disable_work_sync(&gt->reset.worker))
+		/*
+		 * If gt_reset_worker was halted from executing, take care of
+		 * releasing the rpm reference here.
+		 */
+		xe_pm_runtime_put(gt_to_xe(gt));
+
 	for (i = 0; i < XE_ENGINE_CLASS_MAX; ++i)
 		xe_hw_fence_irq_finish(&gt->fence_irq[i]);