diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_display.c
index b3da88b12b35..7ccd9b447ace 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/display/xe_display.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ void xe_display_pm_runtime_suspend(struct xe_device *xe)
 	if (!xe->info.probe_display)
 		return;
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		xe_display_enable_d3cold(xe);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void xe_display_pm_runtime_suspend_late(struct xe_device *xe)
 	if (!xe->info.probe_display)
 		return;
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed)
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state)
 		xe_display_pm_suspend_late(xe);
 
 	/*
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void xe_display_pm_runtime_resume(struct xe_device *xe)
 	if (!xe->info.probe_display)
 		return;
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		xe_display_disable_d3cold(xe);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index 5f9a1a358468..48ca0d8c4c45 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "xe_memirq_types.h"
 #include "xe_oa_types.h"
 #include "xe_platform_types.h"
+#include "xe_pm.h"
 #include "xe_pmu_types.h"
 #include "xe_pt_types.h"
 #include "xe_sriov_types.h"
@@ -510,8 +511,8 @@ struct xe_device {
 		/** @d3cold.capable: Indicates if root port is d3cold capable */
 		bool capable;
 
-		/** @d3cold.allowed: Indicates if d3cold is a valid device state */
-		bool allowed;
+		/** @d3cold.target_state: Indicates d3cold target state */
+		enum xe_d3_state target_state;
 
 		/** @d3cold.vrsr_capable: Indicates if d3cold VRAM Self Refresh is supported */
 		bool vrsr_capable;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
index 46a99d6ef1a5..5ae1df345416 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int xe_pci_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 
 	pci_save_state(pdev);
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		d3cold_toggle(pdev, D3COLD_ENABLE);
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);
 		pci_ignore_hotplug(pdev);
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int xe_pci_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 	pci_restore_state(pdev);
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static int xe_pci_runtime_idle(struct device *dev)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
 	struct xe_device *xe = pdev_to_xe_device(pdev);
 
-	xe_pm_d3cold_allowed_toggle(xe);
+	xe_pm_d3cold_target_state_toggle(xe);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c
index c84b9b3f7371..b86e95493cb5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ int xe_pm_runtime_suspend(struct xe_device *xe)
 
 	xe_display_pm_runtime_suspend(xe);
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		err = xe_bo_evict_all(xe);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_resume;
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ int xe_pm_runtime_resume(struct xe_device *xe)
 
 	xe_rpm_lockmap_acquire(xe);
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		err = xe_pcode_ready(xe, true);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ int xe_pm_runtime_resume(struct xe_device *xe)
 
 	xe_display_pm_runtime_resume(xe);
 
-	if (xe->d3cold.allowed) {
+	if (xe->d3cold.target_state) {
 		err = xe_bo_restore_late(xe);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -918,13 +918,13 @@ int xe_pm_set_vram_threshold(struct xe_device *xe, u32 threshold)
 }
 
 /**
- * xe_pm_d3cold_allowed_toggle - Check conditions to toggle d3cold.allowed
+ * xe_pm_d3cold_target_state_toggle - Check conditions to toggle target_state
  * @xe: xe device instance
  *
  * To be called during runtime_pm idle callback.
  * Check for all the D3Cold conditions ahead of runtime suspend.
  */
-void xe_pm_d3cold_allowed_toggle(struct xe_device *xe)
+void xe_pm_d3cold_target_state_toggle(struct xe_device *xe)
 {
 	struct ttm_resource_manager *man;
 	u32 total_vram_used_mb = 0;
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ void xe_pm_d3cold_allowed_toggle(struct xe_device *xe)
 	int i;
 
 	if (!xe->d3cold.capable) {
-		xe->d3cold.allowed = false;
+		xe->d3cold.target_state = XE_D3HOT;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -947,9 +947,9 @@ void xe_pm_d3cold_allowed_toggle(struct xe_device *xe)
 	mutex_lock(&xe->d3cold.lock);
 
 	if (total_vram_used_mb < xe->d3cold.vram_threshold)
-		xe->d3cold.allowed = true;
+		xe->d3cold.target_state = XE_D3COLD_OFF;
 	else
-		xe->d3cold.allowed = false;
+		xe->d3cold.target_state = XE_D3HOT;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&xe->d3cold.lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h
index ba550281b130..c6c2bd6187a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pm.h
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 struct xe_device;
 
+enum xe_d3_state {
+	XE_D3HOT = 0,
+	XE_D3COLD_VRSR,
+	XE_D3COLD_OFF,
+};
+
 int xe_pm_suspend(struct xe_device *xe);
 int xe_pm_resume(struct xe_device *xe);
 
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ void xe_pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct xe_device *xe);
 bool xe_pm_runtime_resume_and_get(struct xe_device *xe);
 void xe_pm_assert_unbounded_bridge(struct xe_device *xe);
 int xe_pm_set_vram_threshold(struct xe_device *xe, u32 threshold);
-void xe_pm_d3cold_allowed_toggle(struct xe_device *xe);
+void xe_pm_d3cold_target_state_toggle(struct xe_device *xe);
 bool xe_rpm_reclaim_safe(const struct xe_device *xe);
 struct task_struct *xe_pm_read_callback_task(struct xe_device *xe);
 int xe_pm_module_init(void);
