diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio_context.c
index 256f1bb522b7a2edb5490c81be29aa46774e3ed1..152df3d0291e543fa9ae9eb923e773df62cb10ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio_context.c
@@ -394,9 +394,11 @@ void intel_gvt_switch_mmio(struct intel_vgpu *pre,
 	 * performace for batch mmio read/write, so we need
 	 * handle forcewake mannually.
 	 */
+	intel_runtime_pm_get(dev_priv);
 	intel_uncore_forcewake_get(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
 	switch_mmio(pre, next, ring_id);
 	intel_uncore_forcewake_put(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
+	intel_runtime_pm_put(dev_priv);
 }
 
 /**