diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index bccca63c8a48..fffbb7d1c40b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -607,6 +607,11 @@ struct xe_file {
 		 * which does things while being held.
 		 */
 		struct mutex lock;
+		/**
+		 * @exec_queue.pending_removal: items pending to be removed to
+		 * synchronize GPU state update with ongoing query.
+		 */
+		atomic_t pending_removal;
 	} exec_queue;
 
 	/** @run_ticks: hw engine class run time in ticks for this drm client */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c
index 22f0f1a6dfd5..dd4e16a84874 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ static void show_run_ticks(struct drm_printer *p, struct drm_file *file)
 	u64 gpu_timestamp;
 	unsigned int fw_ref;
 
+	/*
+	 * Wait for any exec queue going away: their cycles will get updated on
+	 * context switch out, so wait for that to happen
+	 */
+	wait_var_event(&xef->exec_queue.pending_removal,
+		       !atomic_read(&xef->exec_queue.pending_removal));
+
 	xe_pm_runtime_get(xe);
 
 	/* Accumulate all the exec queues from this client */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
index fd0f3b3c9101..ff556773c106 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
@@ -262,8 +262,11 @@ void xe_exec_queue_fini(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 
 	/*
 	 * Before releasing our ref to lrc and xef, accumulate our run ticks
+	 * and wakeup any waiters.
 	 */
 	xe_exec_queue_update_run_ticks(q);
+	if (q->xef && atomic_dec_and_test(&q->xef->exec_queue.pending_removal))
+		wake_up_var(&q->xef->exec_queue.pending_removal);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < q->width; ++i)
 		xe_lrc_put(q->lrc[i]);
@@ -826,7 +829,10 @@ int xe_exec_queue_destroy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	mutex_lock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
 	q = xa_erase(&xef->exec_queue.xa, args->exec_queue_id);
+	if (q)
+		atomic_inc(&xef->exec_queue.pending_removal);
 	mutex_unlock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
+
 	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, !q))
 		return -ENOENT;