diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
index 94abefa3d9ca..763f588521d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,15 @@ static int xe_pci_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	struct xe_device *xe = pdev_to_xe_device(pdev);
 	int err;
 
+	/*
+	 * We hold an additional reference to the runtime PM to keep PF in D0
+	 * during VFs lifetime, as our VFs do not implement the PM capability.
+	 * This means we should never be runtime suspending as long as VFs are
+	 * enabled.
+	 */
+	xe_assert(xe, !IS_SRIOV_VF(xe));
+	xe_assert(xe, !pci_num_vf(pdev));
+
 	err = xe_pm_runtime_suspend(xe);
 	if (err)
 		return err;