diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index e4835b99ca60..aba5545033ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -1210,9 +1210,6 @@ void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 
 	drm_sched_wqueue_stop(sched);
 
-	for (i = DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_KERNEL; i < sched->num_rqs; i++)
-		kfree(sched->sched_rq[i]);
-
 	/* Wakeup everyone stuck in drm_sched_entity_flush for this scheduler */
 	wake_up_all(&sched->job_scheduled);
 
@@ -1226,6 +1223,9 @@ void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 	if (sched->own_submit_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(sched->submit_wq);
 	sched->ready = false;
+
+	for (i = DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_KERNEL; i < sched->num_rqs; i++)
+		kfree(sched->sched_rq[i]);
 	kfree(sched->sched_rq);
 	sched->sched_rq = NULL;