diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
index 502a65ea6d44fd8546c0a6719867d995c8fc4cf8..7002bca792ff0832cc626b5dcb8db659d428272e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ struct dma_fence *__dma_fence_unwrap_merge(unsigned int num_fences,
 	count = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_fences; ++i) {
 		dma_fence_unwrap_for_each(tmp, &iter[i], fences[i])
-			++count;
+			if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(tmp))
+				++count;
 	}
 
 	if (count == 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence-unwrap.h b/include/linux/dma-fence-unwrap.h
index 390de1ee9d3539ee00bb1281869e1a6b6cd208d3..66b1e56fbb818988a331143105b22207bd7bc0df 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-fence-unwrap.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence-unwrap.h
@@ -43,14 +43,10 @@ struct dma_fence *dma_fence_unwrap_next(struct dma_fence_unwrap *cursor);
  * Unwrap dma_fence_chain and dma_fence_array containers and deep dive into all
  * potential fences in them. If @head is just a normal fence only that one is
  * returned.
- *
- * Note that signalled fences are opportunistically filtered out, which
- * means the iteration is potentially over no fence at all.
  */
 #define dma_fence_unwrap_for_each(fence, cursor, head)			\
 	for (fence = dma_fence_unwrap_first(head, cursor); fence;	\
-	     fence = dma_fence_unwrap_next(cursor))			\
-		if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
+	     fence = dma_fence_unwrap_next(cursor))
 
 struct dma_fence *__dma_fence_unwrap_merge(unsigned int num_fences,
 					   struct dma_fence **fences,