diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_error.c
index 4b72959b2276..db228043dbe5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_error.c
@@ -437,6 +437,16 @@ static void hw_error_source_handler(struct xe_tile *tile, const enum hardware_er
 	if (!IS_DGFX(xe))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Hardware errors are reported through System Controller on the platforms that
+	 * support it, and never routed as direct IRQ to SGUnit. So we should never be
+	 * here for those platforms.
+	 */
+	if (xe->info.has_sysctrl) {
+		drm_err_ratelimited(&xe->drm, HW_ERR "Invalid error routing\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&xe->irq.lock, flags);
 	err_src = xe_mmio_read32(&tile->mmio, DEV_ERR_STAT_REG(hw_err));
 	if (!err_src) {