diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index cfb433e92005..68e807ae136a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_wakeup(struct dma_fence *f,
 		container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_entity, cb);
 
 	drm_sched_entity_clear_dep(f, cb);
-	drm_sched_wakeup(entity->rq->sched);
+	drm_sched_wakeup_if_can_queue(entity->rq->sched);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ void drm_sched_entity_push_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 		if (drm_sched_policy == DRM_SCHED_POLICY_FIFO)
 			drm_sched_rq_update_fifo(entity, submit_ts);
 
-		drm_sched_wakeup(entity->rq->sched);
+		drm_sched_wakeup_if_can_queue(entity->rq->sched);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_push_job);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 8739322c3032..b352227a6055 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -860,12 +860,12 @@ static bool drm_sched_can_queue(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 }
 
 /**
- * drm_sched_wakeup - Wake up the scheduler when it is ready
- *
+ * drm_sched_wakeup_if_can_queue - Wake up the scheduler
  * @sched: scheduler instance
  *
+ * Wake up the scheduler if we can queue jobs.
  */
-void drm_sched_wakeup(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
+void drm_sched_wakeup_if_can_queue(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 {
 	if (drm_sched_can_queue(sched))
 		wake_up_interruptible(&sched->wake_up_worker);
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 31d1f5166c79..e95b4837e5a3 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void drm_sched_entity_modify_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
                                    unsigned int num_sched_list);
 
 void drm_sched_job_cleanup(struct drm_sched_job *job);
-void drm_sched_wakeup(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
+void drm_sched_wakeup_if_can_queue(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 void drm_sched_stop(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, struct drm_sched_job *bad);
 void drm_sched_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, bool full_recovery);
 void drm_sched_resubmit_jobs(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);