diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index aee362abb7101..05119d9bb2793 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -3409,6 +3409,11 @@ panthor_job_create(struct panthor_file *pfile,
 		goto err_put_job;
 	}
 
+	if (!group_can_run(job->group)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_put_job;
+	}
+
 	if (job->queue_idx >= job->group->queue_count ||
 	    !job->group->queues[job->queue_idx]) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;