diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index 15970f1b09d2b31102ef30a41fc994bd6371f1ef..ee87ca7420de038838be5562018b2934128f5655 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -1131,6 +1131,10 @@ bool intel_engine_is_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = engine->i915;
 
+	/* More white lies, if wedged, hw state is inconsistent */
+	if (i915_terminally_wedged(&dev_priv->gpu_error))
+		return true;
+
 	/* Any inflight/incomplete requests? */
 	if (!i915_seqno_passed(intel_engine_get_seqno(engine),
 			       intel_engine_last_submit(engine)))