diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index b834123a6560..1beddc175722 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -2937,8 +2937,6 @@ void panthor_sched_pre_reset(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 	 * new jobs while we're resetting.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sched->groups.runnable); i++) {
-		/* All groups should be in the idle lists. */
-		drm_WARN_ON(&ptdev->base, !list_empty(&sched->groups.runnable[i]));
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(group, group_tmp, &sched->groups.runnable[i], run_node)
 			panthor_group_stop(group);
 	}