diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
index 9118df035b28da6fb00e5c51b12fc86d5f4d2e85..70bb6bb97af87182ce25728b43ac305dc6d8ed51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ nouveau_fence_wait_uevent_handler(struct nvif_notify *notify)
 
 		fence = list_entry(fctx->pending.next, typeof(*fence), head);
 		chan = rcu_dereference_protected(fence->channel, lockdep_is_held(&fctx->lock));
-		if (nouveau_fence_update(fence->channel, fctx))
+		if (nouveau_fence_update(chan, fctx))
 			ret = NVIF_NOTIFY_DROP;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fctx->lock, flags);