diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 4db24225023520b879b12fce1a924cc236384bd5..c694dd039f3bbc408e2218986fb383e656210726 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -459,11 +459,11 @@ static int workload_thread(void *priv)
 		gvt_dbg_sched("will complete workload %p\n, status: %d\n",
 				workload, workload->status);
 
-		complete_current_workload(gvt, ring_id);
-
 		if (workload->req)
 			i915_gem_request_put(fetch_and_zero(&workload->req));
 
+		complete_current_workload(gvt, ring_id);
+
 		if (need_force_wake)
 			intel_uncore_forcewake_put(gvt->dev_priv,
 					FORCEWAKE_ALL);