diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
index d0d99ed607ddd4..6fdb679321d0d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
@@ -564,7 +564,13 @@ void amdgpu_fence_driver_sw_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		if (!ring || !ring->fence_drv.initialized)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!ring->no_scheduler)
+		/*
+		 * Notice we check for sched.ops since there's some
+		 * override on the meaning of sched.ready by amdgpu.
+		 * The natural check would be sched.ready, which is
+		 * set as drm_sched_init() finishes...
+		 */
+		if (ring->sched.ops)
 			drm_sched_fini(&ring->sched);
 
 		for (j = 0; j <= ring->fence_drv.num_fences_mask; ++j)