diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
index 582d7cd4a983..36c04797436c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ struct sched_ext_entity {
 	s32			holding_cpu;
 	s32			selected_cpu;
 	s32			runnable_cpu;	/* cpu @p is runnable on, -1 if not */
+	u32			ops_qseq;	/* protected by rq lock */
 	struct task_struct	*kf_tasks[2];	/* see SCX_CALL_OP_TASK() */
 
 	struct list_head	runnable_node;	/* rq->scx.runnable_list */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 5209510d6a5e..ac8fe70a9fb6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -2057,8 +2057,14 @@ void scx_do_enqueue_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, u64 enq_flags,
 	if (unlikely(!SCX_HAS_OP(sch, enqueue)))
 		goto global;
 
-	/* DSQ bypass didn't trigger, enqueue on the BPF scheduler */
-	qseq = rq->scx.ops_qseq++ << SCX_OPSS_QSEQ_SHIFT;
+	/*
+	 * DSQ bypass didn't trigger, enqueue on the BPF scheduler. Wrap the
+	 * per-task qseq counter where the QSEQ field wraps and skip 0, which is
+	 * what scx_bpf_dsq_insert() records for a task in NONE or DISPATCHING.
+	 */
+	p->scx.ops_qseq = ((p->scx.ops_qseq + 1) &
+			   (SCX_OPSS_QSEQ_MASK >> SCX_OPSS_QSEQ_SHIFT)) ?: 1;
+	qseq = (unsigned long)p->scx.ops_qseq << SCX_OPSS_QSEQ_SHIFT;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_long_read(&p->scx.ops_state) != SCX_OPSS_NONE);
 	atomic_long_set(&p->scx.ops_state, SCX_OPSS_QUEUEING | qseq);
@@ -6969,9 +6975,9 @@ static void scx_dump_cpu(struct scx_sched *sch, struct seq_buf *s,
 	seq_buf_init(&ns, buf, avail);
 
 	dump_newline(&ns);
-	scx_dump_line(&ns, "CPU %-4d: nr_run=%u flags=0x%x cpu_rel=%d ops_qseq=%lu ksync=%lu",
+	scx_dump_line(&ns, "CPU %-4d: nr_run=%u flags=0x%x cpu_rel=%d ksync=%lu",
 		      cpu, rq->scx.nr_running, rq->scx.flags, rq->scx.cpu_released,
-		      rq->scx.ops_qseq, rq->scx.kick_sync);
+		      rq->scx.kick_sync);
 	scx_rescue_dump(&ns, rq);
 	scx_dump_line(&ns, "          curr=%s[%d] class=%ps",
 		      rq->curr->comm, rq->curr->pid, rq->curr->sched_class);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
index 1df8f583b0ec..5b37faa532d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/internal.h
@@ -1998,6 +1998,11 @@ enum scx_ops_state {
 	 * dequeue/requeue, the dispatcher can tell whether it still has a claim
 	 * on the task being dispatched.
 	 *
+	 * QSEQ is generated from the per-task p->scx.ops_qseq counter so that
+	 * it doesn't repeat across QUEUED instances of the same task even if
+	 * the task moves between rqs. 0 is never used as a valid QSEQ since
+	 * NONE and DISPATCHING map to this value.
+	 *
 	 * As some 32bit archs can't do 64bit store_release/load_acquire,
 	 * p->scx.ops_state is atomic_long_t which leaves 30 bits for QSEQ on
 	 * 32bit machines. The dispatch race window QSEQ protects is very narrow
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 742cce9da4e9..9ed0cb605c33 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ struct scx_rq {
 #endif
 	struct list_head	runnable_list;		/* runnable tasks on this rq */
 	struct list_head	ddsp_deferred_locals;	/* deferred ddsps from enq */
-	unsigned long		ops_qseq;
 	/* both stashed across the activate_task() in move_remote_task_to_local_dsq() */
 	u64			remote_activate_enq_flags;
 	struct scx_sched	*remote_activate_sch;