diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
index c124f64e7aaeb80f81b6e1265ee92454f541dce4..9f42032676da3ed05b95653b6e25fdec1721bf39 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
@@ -232,10 +232,19 @@ int amdgpu_sync_resv(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 
 		f = rcu_dereference_protected(flist->shared[i],
 					      dma_resv_held(resv));
+
+		fence_owner = amdgpu_sync_get_owner(f);
+
+		/* Always sync to moves, no matter what */
+		if (fence_owner == AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_UNDEFINED) {
+			r = amdgpu_sync_fence(sync, f, false);
+			if (r)
+				break;
+		}
+
 		/* We only want to trigger KFD eviction fences on
 		 * evict or move jobs. Skip KFD fences otherwise.
 		 */
-		fence_owner = amdgpu_sync_get_owner(f);
 		if (fence_owner == AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_KFD &&
 		    owner != AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_UNDEFINED)
 			continue;
@@ -265,9 +274,7 @@ int amdgpu_sync_resv(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 			break;
 
 		case AMDGPU_SYNC_EXPLICIT:
-			if (owner != AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_UNDEFINED)
-				continue;
-			break;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		r = amdgpu_sync_fence(sync, f, false);