diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
index 0e2b18ccdf2e..9b1c54ace583 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void amdgpu_job_timedout(struct drm_sched_job *s_job)
 		  job->base.sched->name, atomic_read(&ring->fence_drv.last_seq),
 		  ring->fence_drv.sync_seq);
 
-	amdgpu_device_gpu_recover(job->adev, job, false);
+	amdgpu_device_gpu_recover(ring->adev, job, false);
 }
 
 int amdgpu_job_alloc(struct amdgpu_device *adev, unsigned num_ibs,
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ int amdgpu_job_alloc(struct amdgpu_device *adev, unsigned num_ibs,
 	if (!*job)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	(*job)->adev = adev;
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the scheduler to at least some ring so that we always
+	 * have a pointer to adev.
+	 */
+	(*job)->base.sched = &adev->rings[0]->sched;
 	(*job)->vm = vm;
 	(*job)->ibs = (void *)&(*job)[1];
 	(*job)->num_ibs = num_ibs;
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ int amdgpu_job_alloc_with_ib(struct amdgpu_device *adev, unsigned size,
 
 void amdgpu_job_free_resources(struct amdgpu_job *job)
 {
+	struct amdgpu_ring *ring = to_amdgpu_ring(job->base.sched);
 	struct dma_fence *f;
 	unsigned i;
 
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ void amdgpu_job_free_resources(struct amdgpu_job *job)
 	f = job->base.s_fence ? &job->base.s_fence->finished : job->fence;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < job->num_ibs; ++i)
-		amdgpu_ib_free(job->adev, &job->ibs[i], f);
+		amdgpu_ib_free(ring->adev, &job->ibs[i], f);
 }
 
 static void amdgpu_job_free_cb(struct drm_sched_job *s_job)
@@ -167,7 +172,8 @@ static struct dma_fence *amdgpu_job_dependency(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
 
 	if (fence && explicit) {
 		if (drm_sched_dependency_optimized(fence, s_entity)) {
-			r = amdgpu_sync_fence(job->adev, &job->sched_sync, fence, false);
+			r = amdgpu_sync_fence(ring->adev, &job->sched_sync,
+					      fence, false);
 			if (r)
 				DRM_ERROR("Error adding fence to sync (%d)\n", r);
 		}
@@ -190,7 +196,6 @@ static struct dma_fence *amdgpu_job_run(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_ring *ring = to_amdgpu_ring(sched_job->sched);
 	struct dma_fence *fence = NULL, *finished;
-	struct amdgpu_device *adev;
 	struct amdgpu_job *job;
 	int r;
 
@@ -200,13 +205,12 @@ static struct dma_fence *amdgpu_job_run(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 	}
 	job = to_amdgpu_job(sched_job);
 	finished = &job->base.s_fence->finished;
-	adev = job->adev;
 
 	BUG_ON(amdgpu_sync_peek_fence(&job->sync, NULL));
 
 	trace_amdgpu_sched_run_job(job);
 
-	if (job->vram_lost_counter != atomic_read(&adev->vram_lost_counter))
+	if (job->vram_lost_counter != atomic_read(&ring->adev->vram_lost_counter))
 		dma_fence_set_error(finished, -ECANCELED);/* skip IB as well if VRAM lost */
 
 	if (finished->error < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.h
index d77fd232f7ce..57cfe78a262b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct amdgpu_fence;
 
 struct amdgpu_job {
 	struct drm_sched_job    base;
-	struct amdgpu_device	*adev;
 	struct amdgpu_vm	*vm;
 	struct amdgpu_sync	sync;
 	struct amdgpu_sync	sched_sync;