diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 55bb7885e22880b258ab3b7a108b5b4b0ca1770f..af97df10495ed872463d9010677a04f4bdd11b87 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -738,7 +738,8 @@ static struct intel_vgpu_workload *pick_next_workload(
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (list_empty(workload_q_head(scheduler->current_vgpu, ring_id)))
+	if (!scheduler->current_vgpu->active ||
+	    list_empty(workload_q_head(scheduler->current_vgpu, ring_id)))
 		goto out;
 
 	/*