diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 27e1573af96e..191c56064f19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ long drm_sched_entity_flush(struct drm_sched_entity *entity, long timeout)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_flush);
 
+static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_irq_work(struct irq_work *wrk)
+{
+	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(wrk, typeof(*job), work);
+
+	drm_sched_fence_finished(job->s_fence);
+	WARN_ON(job->s_fence->parent);
+	job->sched->ops->free_job(job);
+}
+
+
 /* Signal the scheduler finished fence when the entity in question is killed. */
 static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
 					  struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
@@ -197,9 +207,8 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
 	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_job,
 						 finish_cb);
 
-	drm_sched_fence_finished(job->s_fence);
-	WARN_ON(job->s_fence->parent);
-	job->sched->ops->free_job(job);
+	init_irq_work(&job->work, drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_irq_work);
+	irq_work_queue(&job->work);
 }
 
 static struct dma_fence *
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index f011e4c407f2..bbc22fad8d80 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-fence.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/xarray.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
 
 #define MAX_WAIT_SCHED_ENTITY_Q_EMPTY msecs_to_jiffies(1000)
 
@@ -286,7 +287,16 @@ struct drm_sched_job {
 	struct list_head		list;
 	struct drm_gpu_scheduler	*sched;
 	struct drm_sched_fence		*s_fence;
-	struct dma_fence_cb		finish_cb;
+
+	/*
+	 * work is used only after finish_cb has been used and will not be
+	 * accessed anymore.
+	 */
+	union {
+		struct dma_fence_cb		finish_cb;
+		struct irq_work 		work;
+	};
+
 	uint64_t			id;
 	atomic_t			karma;
 	enum drm_sched_priority		s_priority;