diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 4b913dbb7d7b..763b80633523 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ void drm_sched_entity_modify_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 {
 	WARN_ON(!num_sched_list || !sched_list);
 
+	spin_lock(&entity->rq_lock);
 	entity->sched_list = sched_list;
 	entity->num_sched_list = num_sched_list;
+	spin_unlock(&entity->rq_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_modify_sched);