diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index 3493dd533d6c..a4a8f0d41fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -1147,9 +1147,12 @@ static void submit_exec_queue(struct xe_exec_queue *q, struct xe_sched_job *job)
 
 	/*
 	 * All queues in a multi-queue group will use the primary queue
-	 * of the group to interface with GuC.
+	 * of the group to interface with GuC. If primay is suspended,
+	 * just return. Jobs will get scheduled once primary is resumed.
 	 */
 	q = xe_exec_queue_multi_queue_primary(q);
+	if (exec_queue_suspended(q))
+		return;
 
 	if (!exec_queue_enabled(q) && !exec_queue_suspended(q)) {
 		action[len++] = XE_GUC_ACTION_SCHED_CONTEXT_MODE_SET;