diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
index 583e0f19e1c7e32bf82e919239e5777c1b21f2f7..b237a29142d160d62f9a098fb0241f8e6d1f2779 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ struct radeon_bo_va {
 	uint64_t			soffset;
 	uint64_t			eoffset;
 	uint32_t			flags;
+	struct radeon_fence		*fence;
 	bool				valid;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c
index 8a4c49ef0cc4e40170b3300aa7ad9cffeea2bc72..b4a0db24f4ddc4611028b671499d5062bd713649 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c
@@ -278,6 +278,30 @@ int radeon_cs_parser_init(struct radeon_cs_parser *p, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void radeon_bo_vm_fence_va(struct radeon_cs_parser *parser,
+				  struct radeon_fence *fence)
+{
+	struct radeon_fpriv *fpriv = parser->filp->driver_priv;
+	struct radeon_vm *vm = &fpriv->vm;
+	struct radeon_bo_list *lobj;
+
+	if (parser->chunk_ib_idx == -1) {
+		return;
+	}
+	if ((parser->cs_flags & RADEON_CS_USE_VM) == 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(lobj, &parser->validated, tv.head) {
+		struct radeon_bo_va *bo_va;
+		struct radeon_bo *rbo = lobj->bo;
+
+		bo_va = radeon_bo_va(rbo, vm);
+		radeon_fence_unref(&bo_va->fence);
+		bo_va->fence = radeon_fence_ref(fence);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * cs_parser_fini() - clean parser states
  * @parser:	parser structure holding parsing context.
@@ -290,11 +314,14 @@ static void radeon_cs_parser_fini(struct radeon_cs_parser *parser, int error)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 
-	if (!error)
+	if (!error) {
+		/* fence all bo va before ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects so bo are still reserved */
+		radeon_bo_vm_fence_va(parser, parser->ib.fence);
 		ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects(&parser->validated,
 					    parser->ib.fence);
-	else
+	} else {
 		ttm_eu_backoff_reservation(&parser->validated);
+	}
 
 	if (parser->relocs != NULL) {
 		for (i = 0; i < parser->nrelocs; i++) {
@@ -388,7 +415,6 @@ static int radeon_cs_ib_vm_chunk(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 
 	if (parser->chunk_ib_idx == -1)
 		return 0;
-
 	if ((parser->cs_flags & RADEON_CS_USE_VM) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
index b3720054614db5199684ad1d86924a1fd5c8f34d..9912182682ec8c2cd38d053d3e627d44aabb3969 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int radeon_vm_bo_update_pte(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (bo_va->valid)
+	if (bo_va->valid && mem)
 		return 0;
 
 	ngpu_pages = radeon_bo_ngpu_pages(bo);
@@ -859,11 +859,27 @@ int radeon_vm_bo_rmv(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		     struct radeon_bo *bo)
 {
 	struct radeon_bo_va *bo_va;
+	int r;
 
 	bo_va = radeon_bo_va(bo, vm);
 	if (bo_va == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* wait for va use to end */
+	while (bo_va->fence) {
+		r = radeon_fence_wait(bo_va->fence, false);
+		if (r) {
+			DRM_ERROR("error while waiting for fence: %d\n", r);
+		}
+		if (r == -EDEADLK) {
+			r = radeon_gpu_reset(rdev);
+			if (!r)
+				continue;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	radeon_fence_unref(&bo_va->fence);
+
 	mutex_lock(&rdev->vm_manager.lock);
 	mutex_lock(&vm->mutex);
 	radeon_vm_bo_update_pte(rdev, vm, bo, NULL);
@@ -952,12 +968,15 @@ void radeon_vm_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_vm *vm)
 	radeon_vm_unbind_locked(rdev, vm);
 	mutex_unlock(&rdev->vm_manager.lock);
 
-	/* remove all bo */
+	/* remove all bo at this point non are busy any more because unbind
+	 * waited for the last vm fence to signal
+	 */
 	r = radeon_bo_reserve(rdev->ring_tmp_bo.bo, false);
 	if (!r) {
 		bo_va = radeon_bo_va(rdev->ring_tmp_bo.bo, vm);
 		list_del_init(&bo_va->bo_list);
 		list_del_init(&bo_va->vm_list);
+		radeon_fence_unref(&bo_va->fence);
 		radeon_bo_unreserve(rdev->ring_tmp_bo.bo);
 		kfree(bo_va);
 	}
@@ -969,6 +988,7 @@ void radeon_vm_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_vm *vm)
 		r = radeon_bo_reserve(bo_va->bo, false);
 		if (!r) {
 			list_del_init(&bo_va->bo_list);
+			radeon_fence_unref(&bo_va->fence);
 			radeon_bo_unreserve(bo_va->bo);
 			kfree(bo_va);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
index 84d045245739eb3b049e78f88693d6dc1dd229da..1b57b0058ad642e6d0d610dadbf7af235f517c71 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
@@ -134,25 +134,16 @@ void radeon_gem_object_close(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 	struct radeon_device *rdev = rbo->rdev;
 	struct radeon_fpriv *fpriv = file_priv->driver_priv;
 	struct radeon_vm *vm = &fpriv->vm;
-	struct radeon_bo_va *bo_va, *tmp;
 
 	if (rdev->family < CHIP_CAYMAN) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	if (radeon_bo_reserve(rbo, false)) {
+		dev_err(rdev->dev, "leaking bo va because we fail to reserve bo\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(bo_va, tmp, &rbo->va, bo_list) {
-		if (bo_va->vm == vm) {
-			/* remove from this vm address space */
-			mutex_lock(&vm->mutex);
-			list_del(&bo_va->vm_list);
-			mutex_unlock(&vm->mutex);
-			list_del(&bo_va->bo_list);
-			kfree(bo_va);
-		}
-	}
+	radeon_vm_bo_rmv(rdev, vm, rbo);
 	radeon_bo_unreserve(rbo);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
index 1f1a4c803c1dd267158dece882e8fdf5b2d6b871..1cb014b571ab93d2479f4456de93e6c4c672f1c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
@@ -52,11 +52,7 @@ void radeon_bo_clear_va(struct radeon_bo *bo)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(bo_va, tmp, &bo->va, bo_list) {
 		/* remove from all vm address space */
-		mutex_lock(&bo_va->vm->mutex);
-		list_del(&bo_va->vm_list);
-		mutex_unlock(&bo_va->vm->mutex);
-		list_del(&bo_va->bo_list);
-		kfree(bo_va);
+		radeon_vm_bo_rmv(bo->rdev, bo_va->vm, bo);
 	}
 }