diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
index 30ddb5351e98..f060e6362ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ struct msm_ringbuffer *msm_ringbuffer_new(struct msm_gpu *gpu, int id,
 	ring->memptrs_iova = memptrs_iova;
 
 	ret = drm_sched_init(&ring->sched, &args);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
-	}
+	ring->sched_initialized = true;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->submits);
 	spin_lock_init(&ring->submit_lock);
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ void msm_ringbuffer_destroy(struct msm_ringbuffer *ring)
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ring))
 		return;
 
-	drm_sched_fini(&ring->sched);
+	if (ring->sched_initialized)
+		drm_sched_fini(&ring->sched);
 
 	msm_fence_context_free(ring->fctx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
index 28ca8c9f7463..3631ec283c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct msm_ringbuffer {
 	 * The job scheduler for this ring.
 	 */
 	struct drm_gpu_scheduler sched;
+	bool sched_initialized;
 
 	/*
 	 * List of in-flight submits on this ring.  Protected by submit_lock.