diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
index 53734da1c2df..6f9289735e31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_reserved(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 	    !dma_fence_is_later(updates, (*id)->flushed_updates))
 	    updates = NULL;
 
-	if ((*id)->owner != vm->entity.fence_context ||
+	if ((*id)->owner != vm->direct.fence_context ||
 	    job->vm_pd_addr != (*id)->pd_gpu_addr ||
 	    updates || !(*id)->last_flush ||
 	    ((*id)->last_flush->context != fence_context &&
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_used(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 		struct dma_fence *flushed;
 
 		/* Check all the prerequisites to using this VMID */
-		if ((*id)->owner != vm->entity.fence_context)
+		if ((*id)->owner != vm->direct.fence_context)
 			continue;
 
 		if ((*id)->pd_gpu_addr != job->vm_pd_addr)
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int amdgpu_vmid_grab(struct amdgpu_vm *vm, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 	}
 
 	id->pd_gpu_addr = job->vm_pd_addr;
-	id->owner = vm->entity.fence_context;
+	id->owner = vm->direct.fence_context;
 
 	if (job->vm_needs_flush) {
 		dma_fence_put(id->last_flush);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
index 17aca26ebf88..a8e9ea0ca7e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
@@ -2671,12 +2671,17 @@ int amdgpu_vm_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 	spin_lock_init(&vm->invalidated_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->freed);
 
-	/* create scheduler entity for page table updates */
-	r = drm_sched_entity_init(&vm->entity, adev->vm_manager.vm_pte_rqs,
+	/* 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);
 	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);
+	if (r)
+		goto error_free_direct;
+
 	vm->pte_support_ats = false;
 
 	if (vm_context == AMDGPU_VM_CONTEXT_COMPUTE) {
@@ -2705,7 +2710,7 @@ int amdgpu_vm_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 		bp.flags &= ~AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_SHADOW;
 	r = amdgpu_bo_create(adev, &bp, &root);
 	if (r)
-		goto error_free_sched_entity;
+		goto error_free_delayed;
 
 	r = amdgpu_bo_reserve(root, true);
 	if (r)
@@ -2748,8 +2753,11 @@ int amdgpu_vm_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 	amdgpu_bo_unref(&vm->root.base.bo);
 	vm->root.base.bo = NULL;
 
-error_free_sched_entity:
-	drm_sched_entity_destroy(&vm->entity);
+error_free_delayed:
+	drm_sched_entity_destroy(&vm->delayed);
+
+error_free_direct:
+	drm_sched_entity_destroy(&vm->direct);
 
 	return r;
 }
@@ -2938,7 +2946,8 @@ void amdgpu_vm_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_vm *vm)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adev->vm_manager.pasid_lock, flags);
 	}
 
-	drm_sched_entity_destroy(&vm->entity);
+	drm_sched_entity_destroy(&vm->direct);
+	drm_sched_entity_destroy(&vm->delayed);
 
 	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&vm->va.rb_root)) {
 		dev_err(adev->dev, "still active bo inside vm\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h
index 3352a87b822e..7138722ee55f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h
@@ -257,8 +257,9 @@ struct amdgpu_vm {
 	struct amdgpu_vm_pt     root;
 	struct dma_fence	*last_update;
 
-	/* Scheduler entity for page table updates */
-	struct drm_sched_entity	entity;
+	/* Scheduler entities for page table updates */
+	struct drm_sched_entity	direct;
+	struct drm_sched_entity	delayed;
 
 	unsigned int		pasid;
 	/* dedicated to vm */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm_sdma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm_sdma.c
index 61fc584cbb1a..9aecfb370c59 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm_sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm_sdma.c
@@ -99,12 +99,13 @@ static int amdgpu_vm_sdma_commit(struct amdgpu_vm_update_params *p,
 	struct dma_fence *f;
 	int r;
 
-	ring = container_of(p->vm->entity.rq->sched, struct amdgpu_ring, sched);
+	ring = container_of(p->vm->delayed.rq->sched, struct amdgpu_ring,
+			    sched);
 
 	WARN_ON(ib->length_dw == 0);
 	amdgpu_ring_pad_ib(ring, ib);
 	WARN_ON(ib->length_dw > p->num_dw_left);
-	r = amdgpu_job_submit(p->job, &p->vm->entity,
+	r = amdgpu_job_submit(p->job, &p->vm->delayed,
 			      AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_VM, &f);
 	if (r)
 		goto error;