diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c
index 6eb8bb3fa2522d356a4d37f1aa7a458f030efc99..26671f1daaf7484cb7d2762bf0ddb833e54ca45a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.c
@@ -233,11 +233,18 @@ static void guc_disable_interrupts(struct intel_guc *guc)
 	guc->interrupts.disable(guc);
 }
 
+static inline bool guc_communication_enabled(struct intel_guc *guc)
+{
+	return guc->send != intel_guc_send_nop;
+}
+
 static int guc_enable_communication(struct intel_guc *guc)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = guc_to_gt(guc)->i915;
 	int ret;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(guc_communication_enabled(guc));
+
 	ret = intel_guc_ct_enable(&guc->ct);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -550,7 +557,7 @@ void intel_uc_suspend(struct intel_uc *uc)
 		intel_uc_runtime_suspend(uc);
 }
 
-int intel_uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc)
+static int __uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc, bool enable_communication)
 {
 	struct intel_guc *guc = &uc->guc;
 	int err;
@@ -558,7 +565,11 @@ int intel_uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc)
 	if (!intel_guc_is_running(guc))
 		return 0;
 
-	guc_enable_communication(guc);
+	/* Make sure we enable communication if and only if it's disabled */
+	GEM_BUG_ON(enable_communication == guc_communication_enabled(guc));
+
+	if (enable_communication)
+		guc_enable_communication(guc);
 
 	err = intel_guc_resume(guc);
 	if (err) {
@@ -568,3 +579,21 @@ int intel_uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int intel_uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * When coming out of S3/S4 we sanitize and re-init the HW, so
+	 * communication is already re-enabled at this point.
+	 */
+	return __uc_resume(uc, false);
+}
+
+int intel_uc_runtime_resume(struct intel_uc *uc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * During runtime resume we don't sanitize, so we need to re-init
+	 * communication as well.
+	 */
+	return __uc_resume(uc, true);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.h
index fe3362fd770634272fe912d67ded5f1b2541d7c2..25da51e95417bb9e2d08756be98b3ac073366bb3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ void intel_uc_reset_prepare(struct intel_uc *uc);
 void intel_uc_suspend(struct intel_uc *uc);
 void intel_uc_runtime_suspend(struct intel_uc *uc);
 int intel_uc_resume(struct intel_uc *uc);
+int intel_uc_runtime_resume(struct intel_uc *uc);
 
 static inline bool intel_uc_is_using_guc(struct intel_uc *uc)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 7d081315014655ac93ac2594c45829038b6950ca..08c5504e040c6fdb407b2fae23890e9ba647cf98 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@ static int intel_runtime_suspend(struct device *kdev)
 
 		intel_runtime_pm_enable_interrupts(dev_priv);
 
-		intel_uc_resume(&dev_priv->gt.uc);
+		intel_uc_runtime_resume(&dev_priv->gt.uc);
 
 		intel_gt_init_swizzling(&dev_priv->gt);
 		i915_gem_restore_fences(dev_priv);
@@ -3047,7 +3047,7 @@ static int intel_runtime_resume(struct device *kdev)
 
 	intel_runtime_pm_enable_interrupts(dev_priv);
 
-	intel_uc_resume(&dev_priv->gt.uc);
+	intel_uc_runtime_resume(&dev_priv->gt.uc);
 
 	/*
 	 * No point of rolling back things in case of an error, as the best