diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 1463801189624a571c22c84370d80c4e33fc8246..f8ec277a6aa852d0807ecedeffc2db388a9682bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ int drm_sched_entity_init(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 
 	init_completion(&entity->entity_idle);
 
+	/* We start in an idle state. */
+	complete(&entity->entity_idle);
+
 	spin_lock_init(&entity->rq_lock);
 	spsc_queue_init(&entity->job_queue);