diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
index e592a8ebb478..e10dbd18d8cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c
@@ -2732,6 +2732,7 @@ panthor_vm_create(struct panthor_device *ptdev, bool for_mcu,
 	const struct drm_sched_init_args sched_args = {
 		.ops = &panthor_vm_bind_ops,
 		.submit_wq = ptdev->mmu->vm.wq,
+		.num_rqs = 1,
 		.credit_limit = 1,
 		/* Bind operations are synchronous for now, no timeout needed. */
 		.timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index 298b046c95ed..369ee06434bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -3502,6 +3502,7 @@ group_create_queue(struct panthor_group *group,
 	struct drm_sched_init_args sched_args = {
 		.ops = &panthor_queue_sched_ops,
 		.submit_wq = group->ptdev->scheduler->wq,
+		.num_rqs = 1,
 		/*
 		 * The credit limit argument tells us the total number of
 		 * instructions across all CS slots in the ringbuffer, with