diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index 145d983bb129e7c8e3f0bd8de6f5f9f8e79b0353..2aff02ba6949002b8c88f02b3c97aec4609d2ebe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,13 @@ cs_slot_sync_queue_state_locked(struct panthor_device *ptdev, u32 csg_id, u32 cs
 			list_move_tail(&group->wait_node,
 				       &group->ptdev->scheduler->groups.waiting);
 		}
-		group->blocked_queues |= BIT(cs_id);
+
+		/* The queue is only blocked if there's no deferred operation
+		 * pending, which can be checked through the scoreboard status.
+		 */
+		if (!cs_iface->output->status_scoreboards)
+			group->blocked_queues |= BIT(cs_id);
+
 		queue->syncwait.gpu_va = cs_iface->output->status_wait_sync_ptr;
 		queue->syncwait.ref = cs_iface->output->status_wait_sync_value;
 		status_wait_cond = cs_iface->output->status_wait & CS_STATUS_WAIT_SYNC_COND_MASK;