diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_channel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_channel.c
index 0f33132fba3b7e9418cf66757da36a2cd80335f5..3e49babd62ace02da6205caeedeb97f2646a9e3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_channel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_channel.c
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ nouveau_channel_put_unlocked(struct nouveau_channel **pchan)
 	struct nouveau_pgraph_engine *pgraph = &dev_priv->engine.graph;
 	struct nouveau_crypt_engine *pcrypt = &dev_priv->engine.crypt;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
 
 	/* decrement the refcount, and we're done if there's still refs */
 	if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&chan->users))) {
@@ -297,19 +296,7 @@ nouveau_channel_put_unlocked(struct nouveau_channel **pchan)
 	nouveau_debugfs_channel_fini(chan);
 
 	/* give it chance to idle */
-	nouveau_fence_update(chan);
-	if (chan->fence.sequence != chan->fence.sequence_ack) {
-		struct nouveau_fence *fence = NULL;
-
-		ret = nouveau_fence_new(chan, &fence, true);
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			ret = nouveau_fence_wait(fence, false, false);
-			nouveau_fence_unref(&fence);
-		}
-
-		if (ret)
-			NV_ERROR(dev, "Failed to idle channel %d.\n", chan->id);
-	}
+	nouveau_channel_idle(chan);
 
 	/* ensure all outstanding fences are signaled.  they should be if the
 	 * above attempts at idling were OK, but if we failed this'll tell TTM
@@ -388,6 +375,27 @@ nouveau_channel_ref(struct nouveau_channel *chan,
 	*pchan = chan;
 }
 
+void
+nouveau_channel_idle(struct nouveau_channel *chan)
+{
+	struct drm_device *dev = chan->dev;
+	struct nouveau_fence *fence = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	nouveau_fence_update(chan);
+
+	if (chan->fence.sequence != chan->fence.sequence_ack) {
+		ret = nouveau_fence_new(chan, &fence, true);
+		if (!ret) {
+			ret = nouveau_fence_wait(fence, false, false);
+			nouveau_fence_unref(&fence);
+		}
+
+		if (ret)
+			NV_ERROR(dev, "Failed to idle channel %d.\n", chan->id);
+	}
+}
+
 /* cleans up all the fifos from file_priv */
 void
 nouveau_channel_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_priv)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.c
index 7ff5b4369f03183c5882c9b1e01f155479bc8a0b..a48c7da133d2cc1fb6d921ff7e8869ed94ff5634 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.c
@@ -197,22 +197,10 @@ nouveau_pci_suspend(struct pci_dev *pdev, pm_message_t pm_state)
 
 	NV_INFO(dev, "Idling channels...\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < pfifo->channels; i++) {
-		struct nouveau_fence *fence = NULL;
-
 		chan = dev_priv->channels.ptr[i];
-		if (!chan || !chan->pushbuf_bo)
-			continue;
-
-		ret = nouveau_fence_new(chan, &fence, true);
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			ret = nouveau_fence_wait(fence, false, false);
-			nouveau_fence_unref(&fence);
-		}
 
-		if (ret) {
-			NV_ERROR(dev, "Failed to idle channel %d for suspend\n",
-				 chan->id);
-		}
+		if (chan && chan->pushbuf_bo)
+			nouveau_channel_idle(chan);
 	}
 
 	pgraph->fifo_access(dev, false);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index a52b1da32031a795f24a9e7377dfd81f1fc495ca..d001453e857b30755b11061540d8e3cfc48648ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ extern void nouveau_channel_put_unlocked(struct nouveau_channel **);
 extern void nouveau_channel_put(struct nouveau_channel **);
 extern void nouveau_channel_ref(struct nouveau_channel *chan,
 				struct nouveau_channel **pchan);
+extern void nouveau_channel_idle(struct nouveau_channel *chan);
 
 /* nouveau_object.c */
 #define NVOBJ_CLASS(d,c,e) do {                                                \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
index 2fb7e9d47500d708363e0b43deae0cde19141ab3..24540862a23f02feb8370fb9234ec30410dc18d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,9 @@ int nouveau_ioctl_gpuobj_free(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (IS_ERR(chan))
 		return PTR_ERR(chan);
 
+	/* Synchronize with the user channel */
+	nouveau_channel_idle(chan);
+
 	ret = nouveau_ramht_remove(chan, objfree->handle);
 	nouveau_channel_put(&chan);
 	return ret;