diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h
index 83acb7bd80feb5a710e39f76715df04379fda7fa..1d31771b42308f13974693735bbd9e6b16475db4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.h
@@ -492,6 +492,21 @@ void amdgpu_debugfs_vm_bo_info(struct amdgpu_vm *vm, struct seq_file *m);
  */
 static inline uint64_t amdgpu_vm_tlb_seq(struct amdgpu_vm *vm)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+	spinlock_t *lock;
+
+	/*
+	 * Workaround to stop racing between the fence signaling and handling
+	 * the cb. The lock is static after initially setting it up, just make
+	 * sure that the dma_fence structure isn't freed up.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	lock = vm->last_tlb_flush->lock;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
+
 	return atomic64_read(&vm->tlb_seq);
 }