diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
index dd005c336c974ad708827c25edc4a4534772bb2c..181ce39ef5e59f8e4d4fbf2feeb617af63deb611 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ int amdgpu_sync_rings(struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 		fence = to_amdgpu_fence(sync->sync_to[i]);
 
 		/* check if we really need to sync */
-		if (!amdgpu_fence_need_sync(fence, ring))
+		if (!amdgpu_enable_scheduler &&
+		    !amdgpu_fence_need_sync(fence, ring))
 			continue;
 
 		/* prevent GPU deadlocks */
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ int amdgpu_sync_rings(struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 		}
 
 		if (amdgpu_enable_scheduler || !amdgpu_enable_semaphores) {
-			r = fence_wait(&fence->base, true);
+			r = fence_wait(sync->sync_to[i], true);
 			if (r)
 				return r;
 			continue;