diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index ca7aa4f358d0..b31e0e0af5cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -2763,8 +2763,7 @@ void xe_guc_submit_pause_abort(struct xe_guc *guc)
 			continue;
 
 		xe_sched_submission_start(sched);
-		if (exec_queue_killed_or_banned_or_wedged(q))
-			xe_guc_exec_queue_trigger_cleanup(q);
+		guc_exec_queue_kill(q);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&guc->submission_state.lock);
 }