diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
index 72e2553fbc98..5d506767b8f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat etnaviv_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job
 	u32 dma_addr;
 	int change;
 
-	/* block scheduler */
-	drm_sched_stop(&gpu->sched, sched_job);
-
 	/*
 	 * If the GPU managed to complete this jobs fence, the timout is
 	 * spurious. Bail out.
@@ -62,6 +59,9 @@ static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat etnaviv_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job
 		goto out_no_timeout;
 	}
 
+	/* block scheduler */
+	drm_sched_stop(&gpu->sched, sched_job);
+
 	if(sched_job)
 		drm_sched_increase_karma(sched_job);
 
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat etnaviv_sched_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job
 	return DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
 
 out_no_timeout:
-	/* restart scheduler after GPU is usable again */
-	drm_sched_start(&gpu->sched, true);
+	list_add(&sched_job->list, &sched_job->sched->pending_list);
 	return DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
 }