diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
index 963a24d46a93d336e2d52bf1f4c7d045c6c2f57e..910b8d5b21c56595a9cb858c6564c711134c2645 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ void amd_sched_fini(struct amd_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 {
 	if (sched->thread)
 		kthread_stop(sched->thread);
+	rcu_barrier();
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sched_fence_slab_ref))
 		kmem_cache_destroy(sched_fence_slab);
 }