diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c
index 3b9d59e457ba..ef3baa0c4754 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ static const struct intel_gvt_ops intel_gvt_ops = {
 	.vgpu_create = intel_gvt_create_vgpu,
 	.vgpu_destroy = intel_gvt_destroy_vgpu,
 	.vgpu_reset = intel_gvt_reset_vgpu,
+	.vgpu_activate = intel_gvt_activate_vgpu,
+	.vgpu_deactivate = intel_gvt_deactivate_vgpu,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
index 23791920ced1..2387eacf74bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ void intel_gvt_destroy_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu);
 void intel_gvt_reset_vgpu_locked(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, bool dmlr,
 				 unsigned int engine_mask);
 void intel_gvt_reset_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu);
-
+void intel_gvt_activate_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu);
+void intel_gvt_deactivate_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu);
 
 /* validating GM functions */
 #define vgpu_gmadr_is_aperture(vgpu, gmadr) \
@@ -449,6 +450,8 @@ struct intel_gvt_ops {
 				struct intel_vgpu_type *);
 	void (*vgpu_destroy)(struct intel_vgpu *);
 	void (*vgpu_reset)(struct intel_vgpu *);
+	void (*vgpu_activate)(struct intel_vgpu *);
+	void (*vgpu_deactivate)(struct intel_vgpu *);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
index d641214578a7..9843d74056a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
@@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ static int intel_vgpu_open(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto undo_group;
 
+	intel_gvt_ops->vgpu_activate(vgpu);
+
 	atomic_set(&vgpu->vdev.released, 0);
 	return ret;
 
@@ -569,6 +571,8 @@ static void __intel_vgpu_release(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&vgpu->vdev.released, 0, 1))
 		return;
 
+	intel_gvt_ops->vgpu_deactivate(vgpu);
+
 	ret = vfio_unregister_notifier(mdev_dev(vgpu->vdev.mdev), VFIO_IOMMU_NOTIFY,
 					&vgpu->vdev.iommu_notifier);
 	WARN(ret, "vfio_unregister_notifier for iommu failed: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/vgpu.c
index 41cfa5ccae84..2f5792a1ce38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/vgpu.c
@@ -178,6 +178,47 @@ static void intel_gvt_update_vgpu_types(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * intel_gvt_active_vgpu - activate a virtual GPU
+ * @vgpu: virtual GPU
+ *
+ * This function is called when user wants to activate a virtual GPU.
+ *
+ */
+void intel_gvt_activate_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&vgpu->gvt->lock);
+	vgpu->active = true;
+	mutex_unlock(&vgpu->gvt->lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * intel_gvt_deactive_vgpu - deactivate a virtual GPU
+ * @vgpu: virtual GPU
+ *
+ * This function is called when user wants to deactivate a virtual GPU.
+ * All virtual GPU runtime information will be destroyed.
+ *
+ */
+void intel_gvt_deactivate_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
+{
+	struct intel_gvt *gvt = vgpu->gvt;
+
+	mutex_lock(&gvt->lock);
+
+	vgpu->active = false;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&vgpu->running_workload_num)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&gvt->lock);
+		intel_gvt_wait_vgpu_idle(vgpu);
+		mutex_lock(&gvt->lock);
+	}
+
+	intel_vgpu_stop_schedule(vgpu);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&gvt->lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * intel_gvt_destroy_vgpu - destroy a virtual GPU
  * @vgpu: virtual GPU
@@ -191,16 +232,9 @@ void intel_gvt_destroy_vgpu(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 
 	mutex_lock(&gvt->lock);
 
-	vgpu->active = false;
+	WARN(vgpu->active, "vGPU is still active!\n");
+
 	idr_remove(&gvt->vgpu_idr, vgpu->id);
-
-	if (atomic_read(&vgpu->running_workload_num)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&gvt->lock);
-		intel_gvt_wait_vgpu_idle(vgpu);
-		mutex_lock(&gvt->lock);
-	}
-
-	intel_vgpu_stop_schedule(vgpu);
 	intel_vgpu_clean_sched_policy(vgpu);
 	intel_vgpu_clean_gvt_context(vgpu);
 	intel_vgpu_clean_execlist(vgpu);
@@ -277,7 +311,6 @@ static struct intel_vgpu *__intel_gvt_create_vgpu(struct intel_gvt *gvt,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_clean_shadow_ctx;
 
-	vgpu->active = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&gvt->lock);
 
 	return vgpu;