diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
index a364fc0b38c3..df1578d6f42e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ int drm_sched_entity_init(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
 	entity->last_scheduled = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&entity->rq_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&entity->queue_lock);
 	spsc_queue_init(&entity->job_queue);
 
 	atomic_set(&entity->fence_seq, 0);
@@ -413,6 +412,10 @@ drm_sched_entity_pop_job(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
  *
  * @sched_job		The pointer to job required to submit
  *
+ * Note: To guarantee that the order of insertion to queue matches
+ * the job's fence sequence number this function should be
+ * called with drm_sched_job_init under common lock.
+ *
  * Returns 0 for success, negative error code otherwise.
  */
 void drm_sched_entity_push_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
@@ -423,11 +426,8 @@ void drm_sched_entity_push_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
 
 	trace_drm_sched_job(sched_job, entity);
 
-	spin_lock(&entity->queue_lock);
 	first = spsc_queue_push(&entity->job_queue, &sched_job->queue_node);
 
-	spin_unlock(&entity->queue_lock);
-
 	/* first job wakes up scheduler */
 	if (first) {
 		/* Add the entity to the run queue */
@@ -593,7 +593,12 @@ void drm_sched_job_recovery(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_job_recovery);
 
-/* init a sched_job with basic field */
+/**
+ * Init a sched_job with basic field
+ *
+ * Note: Refer to drm_sched_entity_push_job documentation
+ * for locking considerations.
+ */
 int drm_sched_job_init(struct drm_sched_job *job,
 		       struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
 		       struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 52380067a43f..dec655894d08 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct drm_sched_entity {
 	spinlock_t			rq_lock;
 	struct drm_gpu_scheduler	*sched;
 
-	spinlock_t			queue_lock;
 	struct spsc_queue		job_queue;
 
 	atomic_t			fence_seq;