diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
index 1b8d05ff88e73ab7dd875e0b528ac1f6b00897a9..0703fbfd513017fcc33e9ee61924f343c2b71369 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ struct amdgpu_ring {
 	struct amdgpu_fence_driver	fence_drv;
 	struct amd_gpu_scheduler 	*scheduler;
 
+	spinlock_t              fence_lock;
 	struct mutex		*ring_lock;
 	struct amdgpu_bo	*ring_obj;
 	volatile uint32_t	*ring;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
index 1580d8d7a3bf098e81411c7453d08027f10f44f3..b0e15b574606d6bdd9293caff250f633ce6c6d19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ void amdgpu_fence_process(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
 	uint64_t seq, last_seq, last_emitted;
 	unsigned count_loop = 0;
 	bool wake = false;
+	unsigned long irqflags;
 
 	/* Note there is a scenario here for an infinite loop but it's
 	 * very unlikely to happen. For it to happen, the current polling
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ void amdgpu_fence_process(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
 	 * have temporarly set the last_seq not to the true real last
 	 * seq but to an older one.
 	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->fence_lock, irqflags);
 	last_seq = atomic64_read(&ring->fence_drv.last_seq);
 	do {
 		last_emitted = ring->fence_drv.sync_seq[ring->idx];
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ void amdgpu_fence_process(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
 			if (handled_seq == latest_seq) {
 				DRM_ERROR("ring %d, EOP without seq update (lastest_seq=%llu)\n",
 					  ring->idx, latest_seq);
-				return;
+				goto exit;
 			}
 			do {
 				amd_sched_isr(ring->scheduler);
@@ -364,6 +366,8 @@ void amdgpu_fence_process(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
 
 		wake_up_all(&ring->adev->fence_queue);
 	}
+exit:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->fence_lock, irqflags);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
index 855e2196657a913bc1397f346ee75aedec2d1630..1e68a561bbfe3efab435607b076af055653e7f95 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int amdgpu_ring_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 	}
 	ring->next_rptr_gpu_addr = adev->wb.gpu_addr + (ring->next_rptr_offs * 4);
 	ring->next_rptr_cpu_addr = &adev->wb.wb[ring->next_rptr_offs];
-
+	spin_lock_init(&ring->fence_lock);
 	r = amdgpu_fence_driver_start_ring(ring, irq_src, irq_type);
 	if (r) {
 		dev_err(adev->dev, "failed initializing fences (%d).\n", r);