diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
index 8dd7316b1d4f1674a9c62a373245c01a51290cf4..b3e84d0f4aced965dfe20ec4ea4c4a7d208bc88d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
@@ -468,5 +468,6 @@ int amd_sched_init(struct amd_gpu_scheduler *sched,
  */
 void amd_sched_fini(struct amd_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 {
-	kthread_stop(sched->thread);
+	if (sched->thread)
+		kthread_stop(sched->thread);
 }