diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.c
index 7f285dbe6e2c..c60db78c44e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.c
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ static int domain_sleep_wait(struct xe_gt *gt,
  * Return: opaque reference to woken domains or zero if none of requested
  * domains were awake.
  */
-unsigned int xe_force_wake_get(struct xe_force_wake *fw,
-			       enum xe_force_wake_domains domains)
+unsigned int __must_check xe_force_wake_get(struct xe_force_wake *fw,
+					    enum xe_force_wake_domains domains)
 {
 	struct xe_gt *gt = fw->gt;
 	struct xe_force_wake_domain *domain;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.h
index f0b27dbe7581..70faec9ae2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_force_wake.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ void xe_force_wake_init_gt(struct xe_gt *gt,
 			   struct xe_force_wake *fw);
 void xe_force_wake_init_engines(struct xe_gt *gt,
 				struct xe_force_wake *fw);
-unsigned int xe_force_wake_get(struct xe_force_wake *fw,
-			       enum xe_force_wake_domains domains);
+unsigned int __must_check xe_force_wake_get(struct xe_force_wake *fw,
+					    enum xe_force_wake_domains domains);
 int xe_force_wake_put(struct xe_force_wake *fw,
 		      unsigned int fw_ref);