diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 682aebe96db7..550492a7a031 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -1029,9 +1029,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_job_cleanup);
 void drm_sched_wakeup(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
 		      struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 {
-	if (drm_sched_entity_is_ready(entity))
-		if (drm_sched_can_queue(sched, entity))
-			drm_sched_run_job_queue(sched);
+	if (drm_sched_can_queue(sched, entity))
+		drm_sched_run_job_queue(sched);
 }
 
 /**