diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
index d7c02e1a309e230392165ebd14a4304cb902f241..4cb81320b04518bd90282b5f0db093a51b2ef60d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
@@ -1014,13 +1014,19 @@ int amdgpu_copy_buffer(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 	/* for fence and sync */
 	num_dw += 64 + AMDGPU_NUM_SYNCS * 8;
 
+	r = amdgpu_sync_wait(&sync);
+	if (r) {
+		DRM_ERROR("sync wait failed (%d).\n", r);
+		amdgpu_sync_free(adev, &sync, NULL);
+		return r;
+	}
+
 	r = amdgpu_ring_lock(ring, num_dw);
 	if (r) {
 		DRM_ERROR("ring lock failed (%d).\n", r);
 		amdgpu_sync_free(adev, &sync, NULL);
 		return r;
 	}
-
 	amdgpu_sync_rings(&sync, ring);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_loops; i++) {