diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index 2b008ec1b6de59..4744668ef60a93 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "xe_force_wake.h"
 #include "xe_gpu_scheduler.h"
 #include "xe_gt.h"
+#include "xe_gt_printk.h"
 #include "xe_guc.h"
 #include "xe_guc_ct.h"
 #include "xe_guc_exec_queue_types.h"
@@ -928,11 +929,13 @@ guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
 	int i = 0;
 
 	if (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &job->fence->flags)) {
-		xe_assert(xe, !(q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_KERNEL));
-		xe_assert(xe, !(q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM && !exec_queue_killed(q)));
-
 		drm_notice(&xe->drm, "Timedout job: seqno=%u, guc_id=%d, flags=0x%lx",
 			   xe_sched_job_seqno(job), q->guc->id, q->flags);
+		xe_gt_WARN(q->gt, q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_KERNEL,
+			   "Kernel-submitted job timed out\n");
+		xe_gt_WARN(q->gt, q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM && !exec_queue_killed(q),
+			   "VM job timed out on non-killed execqueue\n");
+
 		simple_error_capture(q);
 		xe_devcoredump(job);
 	} else {