diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index d1ab66ca1856..122a0983df18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -2791,8 +2791,8 @@ static void handle_sched_done(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q,
 		xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), exec_queue_pending_disable(q));
 
 		if (q->guc->suspend_pending) {
-			suspend_fence_signal(q);
 			clear_exec_queue_pending_disable(q);
+			suspend_fence_signal(q);
 		} else {
 			if (exec_queue_banned(q)) {
 				smp_wmb();