diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index eea74b127b034398bb2367c784e6db9c7e5ac337..049f5de909282bbc0e9f6d0cb75e213187ef283c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ nouveau_bo_move_m2mf(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, int evict, bool intr,
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&cli->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
-	ret = nouveau_fence_sync(nouveau_bo(bo), chan, true);
+	ret = nouveau_fence_sync(nouveau_bo(bo), chan, true, intr);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = drm->ttm.move(chan, bo, &bo->mem, new_mem);
 		if (ret == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index 6d0a3cdc752bd14bf8eb0736db45faf63385d0c5..334db3c6e40cd423c69ed33f10b4c0fe5ab9d8c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ nouveau_page_flip_emit(struct nouveau_channel *chan,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
 
 	/* Synchronize with the old framebuffer */
-	ret = nouveau_fence_sync(old_bo, chan, false);
+	ret = nouveau_fence_sync(old_bo, chan, false, false);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ nouveau_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 		goto fail_unpin;
 
 	/* synchronise rendering channel with the kernel's channel */
-	ret = nouveau_fence_sync(new_bo, chan, false);
+	ret = nouveau_fence_sync(new_bo, chan, false, true);
 	if (ret) {
 		ttm_bo_unreserve(&new_bo->bo);
 		goto fail_unpin;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
index decfe6c4ac07c338b22dc2f94d2398c1bc7fde90..dfd0b9ed4195e2fac04b9581c3aebe0d0ff1993a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
@@ -226,12 +226,10 @@ nouveau_fence_emit(struct nouveau_fence *fence, struct nouveau_channel *chan)
 
 	if (priv->uevent)
 		fence_init(&fence->base, &nouveau_fence_ops_uevent,
-			   &fctx->lock,
-			   priv->context_base + chan->chid, ++fctx->sequence);
+			   &fctx->lock, fctx->context, ++fctx->sequence);
 	else
 		fence_init(&fence->base, &nouveau_fence_ops_legacy,
-			   &fctx->lock,
-			   priv->context_base + chan->chid, ++fctx->sequence);
+			   &fctx->lock, fctx->context, ++fctx->sequence);
 
 	trace_fence_emit(&fence->base);
 	ret = fctx->emit(fence);
@@ -342,7 +340,7 @@ nouveau_fence_wait(struct nouveau_fence *fence, bool lazy, bool intr)
 }
 
 int
-nouveau_fence_sync(struct nouveau_bo *nvbo, struct nouveau_channel *chan, bool exclusive)
+nouveau_fence_sync(struct nouveau_bo *nvbo, struct nouveau_channel *chan, bool exclusive, bool intr)
 {
 	struct nouveau_fence_chan *fctx = chan->fence;
 	struct fence *fence;
@@ -369,7 +367,7 @@ nouveau_fence_sync(struct nouveau_bo *nvbo, struct nouveau_channel *chan, bool e
 			prev = f->channel;
 
 		if (!prev || (prev != chan && (ret = fctx->sync(f, prev, chan))))
-			ret = fence_wait(fence, true);
+			ret = fence_wait(fence, intr);
 
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -387,8 +385,8 @@ nouveau_fence_sync(struct nouveau_bo *nvbo, struct nouveau_channel *chan, bool e
 		if (f)
 			prev = f->channel;
 
-		if (!prev || (ret = fctx->sync(f, prev, chan)))
-			ret = fence_wait(fence, true);
+		if (!prev || (prev != chan && (ret = fctx->sync(f, prev, chan))))
+			ret = fence_wait(fence, intr);
 
 		if (ret)
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.h
index 986c8135e564c04d30acfdb68ad1c4c3aed2b4d6..a7dc5375c3208e32973730ebbacdb39772f9e252 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int  nouveau_fence_emit(struct nouveau_fence *, struct nouveau_channel *);
 bool nouveau_fence_done(struct nouveau_fence *);
 void nouveau_fence_work(struct fence *, void (*)(void *), void *);
 int  nouveau_fence_wait(struct nouveau_fence *, bool lazy, bool intr);
-int  nouveau_fence_sync(struct nouveau_bo *, struct nouveau_channel *, bool exclusive);
+int  nouveau_fence_sync(struct nouveau_bo *, struct nouveau_channel *, bool exclusive, bool intr);
 
 struct nouveau_fence_chan {
 	spinlock_t lock;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index b7dbd16904e0460ef5378c8aadcea996fc1885d6..3f693c1f5b36dd2d20ff6e646f9bd6f0d26ee714 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ validate_list(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct nouveau_cli *cli,
 			return ret;
 		}
 
-		ret = nouveau_fence_sync(nvbo, chan, !!b->write_domains);
+		ret = nouveau_fence_sync(nvbo, chan, !!b->write_domains, true);
 		if (unlikely(ret)) {
 			if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
 				NV_PRINTK(error, cli, "fail post-validate sync\n");