diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 80ded99bcb15..0a4812ebd184 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2514,7 +2514,6 @@ static void execlists_cancel_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		int i;
 
 		priolist_for_each_request_consume(rq, rn, p, i) {
-			list_del_init(&rq->sched.link);
 			__i915_request_submit(rq);
 			dma_fence_set_error(&rq->fence, -EIO);
 			i915_request_mark_complete(rq);