diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index ddcd9e1c217a..d901304fff6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -553,32 +553,30 @@ static void recover_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 		msm_update_fence(ring->fctx, fence);
 	}
 
-	if (msm_gpu_active(gpu)) {
-		/* retire completed submits, plus the one that hung: */
-		retire_submits(gpu);
+	/* retire completed submits, plus the one that hung: */
+	retire_submits(gpu);
 
-		gpu->funcs->recover(gpu);
+	gpu->funcs->recover(gpu);
 
-		/*
-		 * Replay all remaining submits starting with highest priority
-		 * ring
-		 */
-		for (i = 0; i < gpu->nr_rings; i++) {
-			struct msm_ringbuffer *ring = gpu->rb[i];
-			unsigned long flags;
+	/*
+	 * Replay all remaining submits starting with highest priority
+	 * ring
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < gpu->nr_rings; i++) {
+		struct msm_ringbuffer *ring = gpu->rb[i];
+		unsigned long flags;
 
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->submit_lock, flags);
-			list_for_each_entry(submit, &ring->submits, node) {
-				/*
-				 * If the submit uses an unusable vm make sure
-				 * we don't actually run it
-				 */
-				if (to_msm_vm(submit->vm)->unusable)
-					submit->nr_cmds = 0;
-				gpu->funcs->submit(gpu, submit);
-			}
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->submit_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->submit_lock, flags);
+		list_for_each_entry(submit, &ring->submits, node) {
+			/*
+			 * If the submit uses an unusable vm make sure
+			 * we don't actually run it
+			 */
+			if (to_msm_vm(submit->vm)->unusable)
+				submit->nr_cmds = 0;
+			gpu->funcs->submit(gpu, submit);
 		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->submit_lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	pm_runtime_put(&gpu->pdev->dev);