diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c
index a0d3d7b756eb..1d6850af9908 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ctx.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static int amdgpu_ctx_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev,

 	for (i = 0; i < AMDGPU_HW_IP_NUM; ++i) {
 		struct amdgpu_ring *rings[AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS];
-		struct drm_sched_rq *rqs[AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS];
+		struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched_list[AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS];
 		unsigned num_rings = 0;
 		unsigned num_rqs = 0;

@@ -181,12 +181,13 @@ static int amdgpu_ctx_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 			if (!rings[j]->adev)
 				continue;

-			rqs[num_rqs++] = &rings[j]->sched.sched_rq[priority];
+			sched_list[num_rqs++] = &rings[j]->sched;
 		}

 		for (j = 0; j < amdgpu_ctx_num_entities[i]; ++j)
 			r = drm_sched_entity_init(&ctx->entities[i][j].entity,
-						  rqs, num_rqs, &ctx->guilty);
+						  priority, sched_list,
+						  num_rqs, &ctx->guilty);
 		if (r)
 			goto error_cleanup_entities;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
index 81f6764f1ba6..2ff63d0414c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
@@ -1954,11 +1954,13 @@ void amdgpu_ttm_set_buffer_funcs_status(struct amdgpu_device *adev, bool enable)

 	if (enable) {
 		struct amdgpu_ring *ring;
-		struct drm_sched_rq *rq;
+		struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;

 		ring = adev->mman.buffer_funcs_ring;
-		rq = &ring->sched.sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_KERNEL];
-		r = drm_sched_entity_init(&adev->mman.entity, &rq, 1, NULL);
+		sched = &ring->sched;
+		r = drm_sched_entity_init(&adev->mman.entity,
+				          DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_KERNEL, &sched,
+					  1, NULL);
 		if (r) {
 			DRM_ERROR("Failed setting up TTM BO move entity (%d)\n",
 				  r);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_uvd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_uvd.c
index d587ffe2af8e..a92f3b18e657 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_uvd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_uvd.c
@@ -330,12 +330,13 @@ int amdgpu_uvd_sw_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 int amdgpu_uvd_entity_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_ring *ring;
-	struct drm_sched_rq *rq;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;
 	int r;

 	ring = &adev->uvd.inst[0].ring;
-	rq = &ring->sched.sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL];
-	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&adev->uvd.entity, &rq, 1, NULL);
+	sched = &ring->sched;
+	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&adev->uvd.entity, DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+				  &sched, 1, NULL);
 	if (r) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed setting up UVD kernel entity.\n");
 		return r;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c
index 46b590af2fd2..ceb0dbf685f1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c
@@ -240,12 +240,13 @@ int amdgpu_vce_sw_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 int amdgpu_vce_entity_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_ring *ring;
-	struct drm_sched_rq *rq;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;
 	int r;

 	ring = &adev->vce.ring[0];
-	rq = &ring->sched.sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL];
-	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&adev->vce.entity, &rq, 1, NULL);
+	sched = &ring->sched;
+	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&adev->vce.entity, DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+				  &sched, 1, NULL);
 	if (r != 0) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed setting up VCE run queue.\n");
 		return r;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
index 54430c9f7a27..1c65b5bffa6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
@@ -2744,6 +2744,7 @@ int amdgpu_vm_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 {
 	struct amdgpu_bo_param bp;
 	struct amdgpu_bo *root;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched_list[AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS];
 	int r, i;

 	vm->va = RB_ROOT_CACHED;
@@ -2757,14 +2758,19 @@ int amdgpu_vm_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 	spin_lock_init(&vm->invalidated_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->freed);

+	for (i = 0; i < adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_num_rqs; i++)
+		sched_list[i] = adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_rqs[i]->sched;
+
 	/* create scheduler entities for page table updates */
-	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&vm->direct, adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_rqs,
-				  adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_num_rqs, NULL);
+	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&vm->direct, DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+				  sched_list, adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_num_rqs,
+				  NULL);
 	if (r)
 		return r;

-	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&vm->delayed, adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_rqs,
-				  adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_num_rqs, NULL);
+	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&vm->delayed, DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+				  sched_list, adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_num_rqs,
+				  NULL);
 	if (r)
 		goto error_free_direct;

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
index 1f9c01be40d7..76ecdf8bd31c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@ static int etnaviv_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)

 	for (i = 0; i < ETNA_MAX_PIPES; i++) {
 		struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu = priv->gpu[i];
-		struct drm_sched_rq *rq;
+		struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;

 		if (gpu) {
-			rq = &gpu->sched.sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL];
+			sched = &gpu->sched;
 			drm_sched_entity_init(&ctx->sched_entity[i],
-					      &rq, 1, NULL);
+					      DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL, &sched,
+					      1, NULL);
 			}
 	}

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
index f522c5f99729..fc8362e4149b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ int lima_sched_context_init(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe,
 			    struct lima_sched_context *context,
 			    atomic_t *guilty)
 {
-	struct drm_sched_rq *rq = pipe->base.sched_rq + DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched = &pipe->base;

-	return drm_sched_entity_init(&context->base, &rq, 1, guilty);
+	return drm_sched_entity_init(&context->base, DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+				     &sched, 1, guilty);
 }

 void lima_sched_context_fini(struct lima_sched_pipe *pipe,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
index d411eb6c8eb9..a9ed088ebf08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
@@ -542,12 +542,14 @@ int panfrost_job_open(struct panfrost_file_priv *panfrost_priv)
 {
 	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = panfrost_priv->pfdev;
 	struct panfrost_job_slot *js = pfdev->js;
-	struct drm_sched_rq *rq;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;
 	int ret, i;

 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_JOB_SLOTS; i++) {
-		rq = &js->queue[i].sched.sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL];
-		ret = drm_sched_entity_init(&panfrost_priv->sched_entity[i], &rq, 1, NULL);
+		sched = &js->queue[i].sched;
+		ret = drm_sched_entity_init(&panfrost_priv->sched_entity[i],
+					    DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL, &sched,
+					    1, NULL);
 		if (WARN_ON(ret))
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 461a7a8129f4..f9b6ce29c58f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
  * submit to HW ring.
  *
  * @entity: scheduler entity to init
- * @rq_list: the list of run queue on which jobs from this
+ * @priority: priority of the entity
+ * @sched_list: the list of drm scheds on which jobs from this
  *           entity can be submitted
- * @num_rq_list: number of run queue in rq_list
+ * @num_sched_list: number of drm sched in sched_list
  * @guilty: atomic_t set to 1 when a job on this queue
  *          is found to be guilty causing a timeout
  *
@@ -50,32 +51,35 @@
  * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
  */
 int drm_sched_entity_init(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
-			  struct drm_sched_rq **rq_list,
-			  unsigned int num_rq_list,
+			  enum drm_sched_priority priority,
+			  struct drm_gpu_scheduler **sched_list,
+			  unsigned int num_sched_list,
 			  atomic_t *guilty)
 {
 	int i;

-	if (!(entity && rq_list && (num_rq_list == 0 || rq_list[0])))
+	if (!(entity && sched_list && (num_sched_list == 0 || sched_list[0])))
 		return -EINVAL;

 	memset(entity, 0, sizeof(struct drm_sched_entity));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entity->list);
 	entity->rq = NULL;
 	entity->guilty = guilty;
-	entity->num_rq_list = num_rq_list;
-	entity->rq_list = kcalloc(num_rq_list, sizeof(struct drm_sched_rq *),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!entity->rq_list)
+	entity->num_sched_list = num_sched_list;
+	entity->priority = priority;
+	entity->sched_list =  kcalloc(num_sched_list,
+				      sizeof(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if(!entity->sched_list)
 		return -ENOMEM;

 	init_completion(&entity->entity_idle);

-	for (i = 0; i < num_rq_list; ++i)
-		entity->rq_list[i] = rq_list[i];
+	for (i = 0; i < num_sched_list; i++)
+		entity->sched_list[i] = sched_list[i];

-	if (num_rq_list)
-		entity->rq = rq_list[0];
+	if (num_sched_list)
+		entity->rq = &entity->sched_list[0]->sched_rq[entity->priority];

 	entity->last_scheduled = NULL;

@@ -139,10 +143,10 @@ drm_sched_entity_get_free_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 	unsigned int min_jobs = UINT_MAX, num_jobs;
 	int i;

-	for (i = 0; i < entity->num_rq_list; ++i) {
-		struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched = entity->rq_list[i]->sched;
+	for (i = 0; i < entity->num_sched_list; ++i) {
+		struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched = entity->sched_list[i];

-		if (!entity->rq_list[i]->sched->ready) {
+		if (!entity->sched_list[i]->ready) {
 			DRM_WARN("sched%s is not ready, skipping", sched->name);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ drm_sched_entity_get_free_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 		num_jobs = atomic_read(&sched->num_jobs);
 		if (num_jobs < min_jobs) {
 			min_jobs = num_jobs;
-			rq = entity->rq_list[i];
+			rq = &entity->sched_list[i]->sched_rq[entity->priority];
 		}
 	}

@@ -308,7 +312,7 @@ void drm_sched_entity_fini(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)

 	dma_fence_put(entity->last_scheduled);
 	entity->last_scheduled = NULL;
-	kfree(entity->rq_list);
+	kfree(entity->sched_list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_fini);

@@ -353,15 +357,6 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_wakeup(struct dma_fence *f,
 	drm_sched_wakeup(entity->rq->sched);
 }

-/**
- * drm_sched_entity_set_rq_priority - helper for drm_sched_entity_set_priority
- */
-static void drm_sched_entity_set_rq_priority(struct drm_sched_rq **rq,
-					     enum drm_sched_priority priority)
-{
-	*rq = &(*rq)->sched->sched_rq[priority];
-}
-
 /**
  * drm_sched_entity_set_priority - Sets priority of the entity
  *
@@ -373,19 +368,8 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_set_rq_priority(struct drm_sched_rq **rq,
 void drm_sched_entity_set_priority(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 				   enum drm_sched_priority priority)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
 	spin_lock(&entity->rq_lock);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < entity->num_rq_list; ++i)
-		drm_sched_entity_set_rq_priority(&entity->rq_list[i], priority);
-
-	if (entity->rq) {
-		drm_sched_rq_remove_entity(entity->rq, entity);
-		drm_sched_entity_set_rq_priority(&entity->rq, priority);
-		drm_sched_rq_add_entity(entity->rq, entity);
-	}
-
+	entity->priority = priority;
 	spin_unlock(&entity->rq_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_set_priority);
@@ -490,20 +474,20 @@ void drm_sched_entity_select_rq(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 	struct dma_fence *fence;
 	struct drm_sched_rq *rq;

-	if (spsc_queue_count(&entity->job_queue) || entity->num_rq_list <= 1)
+	if (spsc_queue_count(&entity->job_queue) || entity->num_sched_list <= 1)
 		return;

 	fence = READ_ONCE(entity->last_scheduled);
 	if (fence && !dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
 		return;

+	spin_lock(&entity->rq_lock);
 	rq = drm_sched_entity_get_free_sched(entity);
-	if (rq == entity->rq)
-		return;
+	if (rq != entity->rq) {
+		drm_sched_rq_remove_entity(entity->rq, entity);
+		entity->rq = rq;
+	}

-	spin_lock(&entity->rq_lock);
-	drm_sched_rq_remove_entity(entity->rq, entity);
-	entity->rq = rq;
 	spin_unlock(&entity->rq_lock);
 }

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
index 1a07462b4528..eaa8e9682373 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ v3d_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 {
 	struct v3d_dev *v3d = to_v3d_dev(dev);
 	struct v3d_file_priv *v3d_priv;
-	struct drm_sched_rq *rq;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched;
 	int i;

 	v3d_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*v3d_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ v3d_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	v3d_priv->v3d = v3d;

 	for (i = 0; i < V3D_MAX_QUEUES; i++) {
-		rq = &v3d->queue[i].sched.sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL];
-		drm_sched_entity_init(&v3d_priv->sched_entity[i], &rq, 1, NULL);
+		sched = &v3d->queue[i].sched;
+		drm_sched_entity_init(&v3d_priv->sched_entity[i],
+				      DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_NORMAL, &sched,
+				      1, NULL);
 	}

 	file->driver_priv = v3d_priv;
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 684692a8ed76..96a1a1b7526e 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ enum drm_sched_priority {
 struct drm_sched_entity {
 	struct list_head		list;
 	struct drm_sched_rq		*rq;
-	struct drm_sched_rq		**rq_list;
-	unsigned int                    num_rq_list;
+	unsigned int                    num_sched_list;
+	struct drm_gpu_scheduler        **sched_list;
+	enum drm_sched_priority         priority;
 	spinlock_t			rq_lock;

 	struct spsc_queue		job_queue;
@@ -312,7 +313,8 @@ void drm_sched_rq_remove_entity(struct drm_sched_rq *rq,
 				struct drm_sched_entity *entity);

 int drm_sched_entity_init(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
-			  struct drm_sched_rq **rq_list,
+			  enum drm_sched_priority priority,
+			  struct drm_gpu_scheduler **sched_list,
 			  unsigned int num_rq_list,
 			  atomic_t *guilty);
 long drm_sched_entity_flush(struct drm_sched_entity *entity, long timeout);
