diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index a17b067a0439..0f83e778d89a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include "panthor_devfreq.h"
 #include "panthor_device.h"
@@ -943,6 +944,9 @@ static void group_release_work(struct work_struct *work)
 						   release_work);
 	u32 i;
 
+	/* dma-fences may still be accessing group->queues under rcu lock. */
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < group->queue_count; i++)
 		group_free_queue(group, group->queues[i]);