diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c
index 6a26923fa10e0..7ddd59908334c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c
@@ -251,11 +251,8 @@ static void show_run_ticks(struct drm_printer *p, struct drm_file *file)
 
 	/* Accumulate all the exec queues from this client */
 	mutex_lock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
-	xa_for_each(&xef->exec_queue.xa, i, q) {
+	xa_for_each(&xef->exec_queue.xa, i, q)
 		xe_exec_queue_update_run_ticks(q);
-		xef->run_ticks[q->class] += q->run_ticks - q->old_run_ticks;
-		q->old_run_ticks = q->run_ticks;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&xef->exec_queue.lock);
 
 	/* Get the total GPU cycles */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
index 3336a01a10065..69867a7b7c77c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ static void __xe_exec_queue_free(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 {
 	if (q->vm)
 		xe_vm_put(q->vm);
+
+	if (q->xef)
+		xe_file_put(q->xef);
+
 	kfree(q);
 }
 
@@ -649,6 +653,7 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto kill_exec_queue;
 
 	args->exec_queue_id = id;
+	q->xef = xe_file_get(xef);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -762,6 +767,7 @@ bool xe_exec_queue_is_idle(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
  */
 void xe_exec_queue_update_run_ticks(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 {
+	struct xe_file *xef;
 	struct xe_lrc *lrc;
 	u32 old_ts, new_ts;
 
@@ -773,6 +779,8 @@ void xe_exec_queue_update_run_ticks(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 	if (!q->vm || !q->vm->xef)
 		return;
 
+	xef = q->vm->xef;
+
 	/*
 	 * Only sample the first LRC. For parallel submission, all of them are
 	 * scheduled together and we compensate that below by multiplying by
@@ -783,7 +791,7 @@ void xe_exec_queue_update_run_ticks(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 	 */
 	lrc = q->lrc[0];
 	new_ts = xe_lrc_update_timestamp(lrc, &old_ts);
-	q->run_ticks += (new_ts - old_ts) * q->width;
+	xef->run_ticks[q->class] += (new_ts - old_ts) * q->width;
 }
 
 void xe_exec_queue_kill(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
index ded9f93964296..1408b02eea535 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ enum xe_exec_queue_priority {
  * a kernel object.
  */
 struct xe_exec_queue {
+	/** @xef: Back pointer to xe file if this is user created exec queue */
+	struct xe_file *xef;
+
 	/** @gt: graphics tile this exec queue can submit to */
 	struct xe_gt *gt;
 	/**
@@ -139,10 +142,6 @@ struct xe_exec_queue {
 	 * Protected by @vm's resv. Unused if @vm == NULL.
 	 */
 	u64 tlb_flush_seqno;
-	/** @old_run_ticks: prior hw engine class run time in ticks for this exec queue */
-	u64 old_run_ticks;
-	/** @run_ticks: hw engine class run time in ticks for this exec queue */
-	u64 run_ticks;
 	/** @lrc: logical ring context for this exec queue */
 	struct xe_lrc *lrc[];
 };