diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c
index 0cc5190f4f36..5f3f54073818 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vce.c
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ int amdgpu_vce_suspend(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adev->vce.idle_work);
+
 	if (adev->vce.vcpu_bo == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -268,7 +270,6 @@ int amdgpu_vce_suspend(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	if (i == AMDGPU_MAX_VCE_HANDLES)
 		return 0;
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adev->vce.idle_work);
 	/* TODO: suspending running encoding sessions isn't supported */
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vcn.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vcn.c
index fd654a4406db..400fc74bbae2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vcn.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vcn.c
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ int amdgpu_vcn_suspend(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	unsigned size;
 	void *ptr;
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adev->vcn.idle_work);
+
 	if (adev->vcn.vcpu_bo == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adev->vcn.idle_work);
-
 	size = amdgpu_bo_size(adev->vcn.vcpu_bo);
 	ptr = adev->vcn.cpu_addr;