diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index aeee44e016ab..e3fa7b2fac9d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -3967,6 +3967,17 @@ static void reweight_task_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
 	if (task_dead_and_done(p))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * When switching sched_class away from SCX, reweight_task_scx()
+	 * is called _after_ scx_disable_task(). Skip calling ops.set_weight()
+	 * since the BPF scheduler may have already forgotten the task in
+	 * ops.disable().
+	 * p->scx.weight will be recalculated in scx_enable_task() if the task
+	 * ever returns to SCX class.
+	 */
+	if (scx_get_task_state(p) != SCX_TASK_ENABLED)
+		return;
+
 	p->scx.weight = sched_weight_to_cgroup(scale_load_down(lw->weight));
 	if (SCX_HAS_OP(sch, set_weight))
 		SCX_CALL_OP_TASK(sch, set_weight, rq, p, p->scx.weight);