diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
index 678b51a24a23f1af64396b783ca7e153e1252e8e..3c8eaae13732ac2f40220defc18442ff86e06c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
@@ -719,11 +719,16 @@ void intel_guc_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct intel_guc_fw *guc_fw = &dev_priv->guc.guc_fw;
 	const char *fw_path;
 
-	/* A negative value means "use platform default" */
-	if (i915.enable_guc_loading < 0)
-		i915.enable_guc_loading = HAS_GUC_UCODE(dev);
-	if (i915.enable_guc_submission < 0)
-		i915.enable_guc_submission = HAS_GUC_SCHED(dev);
+	if (!HAS_GUC(dev)) {
+		i915.enable_guc_loading = 0;
+		i915.enable_guc_submission = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* A negative value means "use platform default" */
+		if (i915.enable_guc_loading < 0)
+			i915.enable_guc_loading = HAS_GUC_UCODE(dev);
+		if (i915.enable_guc_submission < 0)
+			i915.enable_guc_submission = HAS_GUC_SCHED(dev);
+	}
 
 	if (!HAS_GUC_UCODE(dev)) {
 		fw_path = NULL;