diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
index 86c17a8946f5dfedb521802fa40e88d146480d13..bfe12164d27da7546844afa8bdb30671c57becab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
@@ -135,11 +135,16 @@ static bool amdgpu_sync_add_later(struct amdgpu_sync *sync, struct dma_fence *f)
 	struct amdgpu_sync_entry *e;
 
 	hash_for_each_possible(sync->fences, e, node, f->context) {
-		if (unlikely(e->fence->context != f->context))
-			continue;
+		if (dma_fence_is_signaled(e->fence)) {
+			dma_fence_put(e->fence);
+			e->fence = dma_fence_get(f);
+			return true;
+		}
 
-		amdgpu_sync_keep_later(&e->fence, f);
-		return true;
+		if (likely(e->fence->context == f->context)) {
+			amdgpu_sync_keep_later(&e->fence, f);
+			return true;
+		}
 	}
 	return false;
 }