diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
index 47079ab9922c..9f0090ae64a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static int __guc_ct_send_locked(struct xe_guc_ct *ct, const u32 *action,
 				u32 len, u32 g2h_len, u32 num_g2h,
 				struct g2h_fence *g2h_fence)
 {
-	struct xe_gt *gt __maybe_unused = ct_to_gt(ct);
+	struct xe_gt *gt = ct_to_gt(ct);
 	u16 seqno;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ static int __guc_ct_send_locked(struct xe_guc_ct *ct, const u32 *action,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (ct->state == XE_GUC_CT_STATE_STOPPED) {
+	if (ct->state == XE_GUC_CT_STATE_STOPPED || xe_gt_recovery_pending(gt)) {
 		ret = -ECANCELED;
 		goto out;
 	}