diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index 9b24833f5eac..19f3a42e4831 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ static void xe_device_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, void *dummy)
 	if (xe->unordered_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(xe->unordered_wq);
 
+	if (xe->destroy_wq)
+		destroy_workqueue(xe->destroy_wq);
+
 	ttm_device_fini(&xe->ttm);
 }
 
@@ -261,8 +264,9 @@ struct xe_device *xe_device_create(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	xe->preempt_fence_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("xe-preempt-fence-wq", 0);
 	xe->ordered_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("xe-ordered-wq", 0);
 	xe->unordered_wq = alloc_workqueue("xe-unordered-wq", 0, 0);
+	xe->destroy_wq = alloc_workqueue("xe-destroy-wq", 0, 0);
 	if (!xe->ordered_wq || !xe->unordered_wq ||
-	    !xe->preempt_fence_wq) {
+	    !xe->preempt_fence_wq || !xe->destroy_wq) {
 		/*
 		 * Cleanup done in xe_device_destroy via
 		 * drmm_add_action_or_reset register above
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index ad27b8d1b689..bfa39d99e475 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ struct xe_device {
 	/** @unordered_wq: used to serialize unordered work, mostly display */
 	struct workqueue_struct *unordered_wq;
 
+	/** @destroy_wq: used to serialize user destroy work, like queue */
+	struct workqueue_struct *destroy_wq;
+
 	/** @tiles: device tiles */
 	struct xe_tile tiles[XE_MAX_TILES_PER_DEVICE];
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index 475292119ce4..5630e963e199 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -230,10 +230,26 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *get_submit_wq(struct xe_guc *guc)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void xe_guc_submit_fini(struct xe_guc *guc)
+{
+	struct xe_device *xe = guc_to_xe(guc);
+	struct xe_gt *gt = guc_to_gt(guc);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = wait_event_timeout(guc->submission_state.fini_wq,
+				 xa_empty(&guc->submission_state.exec_queue_lookup),
+				 HZ * 5);
+
+	drain_workqueue(xe->destroy_wq);
+
+	xe_gt_assert(gt, ret);
+}
+
 static void guc_submit_fini(struct drm_device *drm, void *arg)
 {
 	struct xe_guc *guc = arg;
 
+	xe_guc_submit_fini(guc);
 	xa_destroy(&guc->submission_state.exec_queue_lookup);
 	ida_destroy(&guc->submission_state.guc_ids);
 	bitmap_free(guc->submission_state.guc_ids_bitmap);
@@ -284,6 +300,8 @@ int xe_guc_submit_init(struct xe_guc *guc)
 	xa_init(&guc->submission_state.exec_queue_lookup);
 	ida_init(&guc->submission_state.guc_ids);
 
+	init_waitqueue_head(&guc->submission_state.fini_wq);
+
 	primelockdep(guc);
 
 	err = drmm_add_action_or_reset(&xe->drm, guc_submit_fini, guc);
@@ -308,6 +326,9 @@ static void __release_guc_id(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q, u32 xa
 				      order_base_2(q->width));
 	else
 		ida_simple_remove(&guc->submission_state.guc_ids, q->guc->id);
+
+	if (xa_empty(&guc->submission_state.exec_queue_lookup))
+		wake_up(&guc->submission_state.fini_wq);
 }
 
 static int alloc_guc_id(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
@@ -1034,13 +1055,16 @@ static void __guc_exec_queue_fini_async(struct work_struct *w)
 
 static void guc_exec_queue_fini_async(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 {
+	struct xe_guc *guc = exec_queue_to_guc(q);
+	struct xe_device *xe = guc_to_xe(guc);
+
 	INIT_WORK(&q->guc->fini_async, __guc_exec_queue_fini_async);
 
 	/* We must block on kernel engines so slabs are empty on driver unload */
 	if (q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_PERMANENT)
 		__guc_exec_queue_fini_async(&q->guc->fini_async);
 	else
-		queue_work(system_wq, &q->guc->fini_async);
+		queue_work(xe->destroy_wq, &q->guc->fini_async);
 }
 
 static void __guc_exec_queue_fini(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_types.h
index 1421779434d2..ec4e50d57a56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_types.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ struct xe_guc {
 #endif
 		/** @enabled: submission is enabled */
 		bool enabled;
+		/** @submission_state.fini_wq: submit fini wait queue */
+		wait_queue_head_t fini_wq;
 	} submission_state;
 	/** @hwconfig: Hardware config state */
 	struct {