diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index eed3b8bed9e40f7173efa5cbef6b20fb8f9bb0a9..01de4f072b68cecc4ce2c506178809edcf0255df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -163,26 +163,15 @@ int drm_sched_entity_error(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_error);
 
+static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
+					  struct dma_fence_cb *cb);
+
 static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(struct work_struct *wrk)
 {
 	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(wrk, typeof(*job), work);
-
-	drm_sched_fence_scheduled(job->s_fence, NULL);
-	drm_sched_fence_finished(job->s_fence, -ESRCH);
-	WARN_ON(job->s_fence->parent);
-	job->sched->ops->free_job(job);
-}
-
-/* Signal the scheduler finished fence when the entity in question is killed. */
-static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
-					  struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
-{
-	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_job,
-						 finish_cb);
+	struct dma_fence *f;
 	unsigned long index;
 
-	dma_fence_put(f);
-
 	/* Wait for all dependencies to avoid data corruptions */
 	xa_for_each(&job->dependencies, index, f) {
 		struct drm_sched_fence *s_fence = to_drm_sched_fence(f);
@@ -210,6 +199,21 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
 		dma_fence_put(f);
 	}
 
+	drm_sched_fence_scheduled(job->s_fence, NULL);
+	drm_sched_fence_finished(job->s_fence, -ESRCH);
+	WARN_ON(job->s_fence->parent);
+	job->sched->ops->free_job(job);
+}
+
+/* Signal the scheduler finished fence when the entity in question is killed. */
+static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
+					  struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
+{
+	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_job,
+						 finish_cb);
+
+	dma_fence_put(f);
+
 	INIT_WORK(&job->work, drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work);
 	schedule_work(&job->work);
 }