diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c
index 76e187a5bde021fe523c5af5583a72f09413c4c4..69b5be0f9fb8af359d71c485b55f4ccb3fc64c87 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_drv.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void arcpgu_preclose(struct drm_device *drm, struct drm_file *file)
 		if (e->base.file_priv != file)
 			continue;
 		list_del(&e->base.link);
-		e->base.destroy(&e->base);
+		kfree(&e->base);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drm->event_lock, flags);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 674b2e490aa969f1d06b6fd6e15cc99f6a0c0346..1db198df301414d5b315b61c0844cddd51786534 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -1412,7 +1412,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit);
  */
 
 static struct drm_pending_vblank_event *create_vblank_event(
-		struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_priv, uint64_t user_data)
+		struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_priv,
+		struct fence *fence, uint64_t user_data)
 {
 	struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -1425,12 +1426,17 @@ static struct drm_pending_vblank_event *create_vblank_event(
 	e->event.base.length = sizeof(e->event);
 	e->event.user_data = user_data;
 
-	ret = drm_event_reserve_init(dev, file_priv, &e->base, &e->event.base);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(e);
-		return NULL;
+	if (file_priv) {
+		ret = drm_event_reserve_init(dev, file_priv, &e->base,
+					     &e->event.base);
+		if (ret) {
+			kfree(e);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
+	e->base.fence = fence;
+
 	return e;
 }
 
@@ -1670,7 +1676,8 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		for_each_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, crtc_state, i) {
 			struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e;
 
-			e = create_vblank_event(dev, file_priv, arg->user_data);
+			e = create_vblank_event(dev, file_priv, NULL,
+						arg->user_data);
 			if (!e) {
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index 7af7f8bcb3558244781c0ac4f486452e852deca9..efa980a54c75718aa50920341eb711e50205881b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void drm_events_release(struct drm_file *file_priv)
 	/* Remove unconsumed events */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(e, et, &file_priv->event_list, link) {
 		list_del(&e->link);
-		e->destroy(e);
+		kfree(e);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ ssize_t drm_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
 			}
 
 			ret += length;
-			e->destroy(e);
+			kfree(e);
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&file_priv->event_read_lock);
@@ -713,9 +713,6 @@ int drm_event_reserve_init_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
 	list_add(&p->pending_link, &file_priv->pending_event_list);
 	p->file_priv = file_priv;
 
-	/* we *could* pass this in as arg, but everyone uses kfree: */
-	p->destroy = (void (*) (struct drm_pending_event *)) kfree;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_event_reserve_init_locked);
@@ -778,7 +775,7 @@ void drm_event_cancel_free(struct drm_device *dev,
 		list_del(&p->pending_link);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
-	p->destroy(p);
+	kfree(p);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_event_cancel_free);
 
@@ -800,8 +797,13 @@ void drm_send_event_locked(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_pending_event *e)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
 
+	if (e->fence) {
+		fence_signal(e->fence);
+		fence_put(e->fence);
+	}
+
 	if (!e->file_priv) {
-		e->destroy(e);
+		kfree(e);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c
index 675e9e077a95c6ec7a69a6891a7d6f16b8c6b139..08f9c6fa0f7f210d3e3fd5a0fbe8f11ff40b1972 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_usif.c
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ usif_notify_get(struct drm_file *f, void *data, u32 size, void *argv, u32 argc)
 	ntfy->p->base.event = &ntfy->p->e.base;
 	ntfy->p->base.file_priv = f;
 	ntfy->p->base.pid = current->pid;
-	ntfy->p->base.destroy =(void(*)(struct drm_pending_event *))kfree;
 	ntfy->p->e.base.type = DRM_NOUVEAU_EVENT_NVIF;
 	ntfy->p->e.base.length = sizeof(ntfy->p->e.base) + ntfy->reply;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.c
index 1c4d5b5a70a2b8b2b61f22581ee9428f47913c40..5567fb43e674aa5bbae7dd9b5adc9659a0061690 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static void vop_crtc_cancel_pending_vblank(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	if (e && e->base.file_priv == file_priv) {
 		vop->event = NULL;
 
-		e->base.destroy(&e->base);
+		kfree(&e->base);
 		file_priv->event_space += sizeof(e->event);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drm->event_lock, flags);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 00518289105f9246d4c5b5e87acda5e05b7e43b5..9e5eefd6f733b884ccfd26f0eb90634f11d9d5b5 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/fence.h>
 
 #include <asm/mman.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -283,12 +284,12 @@ struct drm_ioctl_desc {
 /* Event queued up for userspace to read */
 struct drm_pending_event {
 	struct drm_event *event;
+	struct fence *fence;
 	struct list_head link;
 	struct list_head pending_link;
 	struct drm_file *file_priv;
 	pid_t pid; /* pid of requester, no guarantee it's valid by the time
 		      we deliver the event, for tracing only */
-	void (*destroy)(struct drm_pending_event *event);
 };
 
 /* initial implementaton using a linked list - todo hashtab */