diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index 5ec553818c28..5d280d9c8225 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -2448,6 +2448,7 @@ static void tick_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	u64 remaining_jiffies = 0, resched_delay;
 	u64 now = get_jiffies_64();
 	int prio, ret, cookie;
+	bool full_tick;
 
 	if (!drm_dev_enter(&ptdev->base, &cookie))
 		return;
@@ -2459,15 +2460,17 @@ static void tick_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (time_before64(now, sched->resched_target))
 		remaining_jiffies = sched->resched_target - now;
 
+	full_tick = remaining_jiffies == 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&sched->lock);
 	if (panthor_device_reset_is_pending(sched->ptdev))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	tick_ctx_init(sched, &ctx, remaining_jiffies != 0);
+	tick_ctx_init(sched, &ctx, full_tick);
 	if (ctx.csg_upd_failed_mask)
 		goto out_cleanup_ctx;
 
-	if (remaining_jiffies) {
+	if (!full_tick) {
 		/* Scheduling forced in the middle of a tick. Only RT groups
 		 * can preempt non-RT ones. Currently running RT groups can't be
 		 * preempted.