diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 22797882032046aac43e8c661dfcdfd121453d98..51ecb395551b98a058d6981905aef85bafdc4fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ static int execlists_context_pin(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 	}
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!ce->state);
 
 	flags = PIN_GLOBAL;
 	if (ctx->ggtt_offset_bias)