diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index c645d47124e7..12c9c3595692 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -4577,15 +4577,15 @@ static int scx_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
 
 	mutex_lock(&scx_enable_mutex);
 
+	if (scx_enable_state() != SCX_DISABLED) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto err_unlock;
+	}
+
 	ret = alloc_kick_pseqs();
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unlock;
 
-	if (scx_enable_state() != SCX_DISABLED) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto err_free_pseqs;
-	}
-
 	sch = scx_alloc_and_add_sched(ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(sch);