diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_hdcp_gsc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_hdcp_gsc.c
index 6619a40aed15..3567f474b6cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_hdcp_gsc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_hdcp_gsc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ bool intel_hdcp_gsc_check_status(struct xe_device *xe)
 	struct xe_gt *gt = tile->media_gt;
 	struct xe_gsc *gsc = &gt->uc.gsc;
 	bool ret = true;
+	unsigned int fw_ref;
 
 	if (!gsc && !xe_uc_fw_is_enabled(&gsc->fw)) {
 		drm_dbg_kms(&xe->drm,
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ bool intel_hdcp_gsc_check_status(struct xe_device *xe)
 	}
 
 	xe_pm_runtime_get(xe);
-	if (xe_force_wake_get(gt_to_fw(gt), XE_FW_GSC)) {
+	fw_ref = xe_force_wake_get(gt_to_fw(gt), XE_FW_GSC);
+	if (!fw_ref) {
 		drm_dbg_kms(&xe->drm,
 			    "failed to get forcewake to check proxy status\n");
 		ret = false;
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ bool intel_hdcp_gsc_check_status(struct xe_device *xe)
 	if (!xe_gsc_proxy_init_done(gsc))
 		ret = false;
 
-	xe_force_wake_put(gt_to_fw(gt), XE_FW_GSC);
+	xe_force_wake_put(gt_to_fw(gt), fw_ref);
 out:
 	xe_pm_runtime_put(xe);
 	return ret;