diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index f944b69e2a25874f30f345891f16166880e54bf7..efe9840e28fadd950e624c92df3e542aeec42dab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -498,10 +498,15 @@ int adreno_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 
 		ring->cur = ring->start;
 		ring->next = ring->start;
-
-		/* reset completed fence seqno: */
-		ring->memptrs->fence = ring->fctx->completed_fence;
 		ring->memptrs->rptr = 0;
+
+		/* Detect and clean up an impossible fence, ie. if GPU managed
+		 * to scribble something invalid, we don't want that to confuse
+		 * us into mistakingly believing that submits have completed.
+		 */
+		if (fence_before(ring->fctx->last_fence, ring->memptrs->fence)) {
+			ring->memptrs->fence = ring->fctx->last_fence;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index cedc88cf808383e6a27005b1730f315d40bcfdbd..c8cd9bfa3eebda524ce8af1437e8bbaf037bf159 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void recover_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 		 * one more to clear the faulting submit
 		 */
 		if (ring == cur_ring)
-			fence++;
+			ring->memptrs->fence = ++fence;
 
 		msm_update_fence(ring->fctx, fence);
 	}