diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 3d74f3a27c130815b1f51f3c17a3c2fc085f0b51..4c2016237d6182f0e31c370f5c599b5eb840bc07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2129,9 +2129,7 @@ await_fence_array(struct i915_execbuffer *eb,
 		if (!(flags & I915_EXEC_FENCE_WAIT))
 			continue;
 
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		fence = dma_fence_get_rcu_safe(&syncobj->fence);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		fence = drm_syncobj_fence_get(syncobj);
 		if (!fence)
 			return -EINVAL;