diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index 5c4c929..c7f117b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ validate_fini_list(struct list_head *list, struct nouveau_fence *fence)
 		if (likely(fence)) {
 			struct nouveau_fence *prev_fence;
 
-			spin_lock(&nvbo->bo.lock);
+			spin_lock(&nvbo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 			prev_fence = nvbo->bo.sync_obj;
 			nvbo->bo.sync_obj = nouveau_fence_ref(fence);
-			spin_unlock(&nvbo->bo.lock);
+			spin_unlock(&nvbo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 			nouveau_fence_unref((void *)&prev_fence);
 		}
 
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ nouveau_gem_pushbuf_reloc_apply(struct drm_device *dev,
 				data |= r->vor;
 		}
 
-		spin_lock(&nvbo->bo.lock);
+		spin_lock(&nvbo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 		ret = ttm_bo_wait(&nvbo->bo, false, false, false);
-		spin_unlock(&nvbo->bo.lock);
+		spin_unlock(&nvbo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 		if (ret) {
 			NV_ERROR(dev, "reloc wait_idle failed: %d\n", ret);
 			break;
@@ -785,9 +785,9 @@ nouveau_gem_ioctl_cpu_prep(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	}
 
 	if (req->flags & NOUVEAU_GEM_CPU_PREP_NOBLOCK) {
-		spin_lock(&nvbo->bo.lock);
+		spin_lock(&nvbo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 		ret = ttm_bo_wait(&nvbo->bo, false, false, no_wait);
-		spin_unlock(&nvbo->bo.lock);
+		spin_unlock(&nvbo->bo.bdev->fence_lock);
 	} else {
 		ret = ttm_bo_synccpu_write_grab(&nvbo->bo, no_wait);
 		if (ret == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
index 8eb1834..8af5ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ void radeon_bo_list_fence(struct list_head *head, void *fence)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(lobj, head, list) {
 		bo = lobj->bo;
-		spin_lock(&bo->tbo.lock);
+		spin_lock(&bo->tbo.bdev->fence_lock);
 		old_fence = (struct radeon_fence *)bo->tbo.sync_obj;
 		bo->tbo.sync_obj = radeon_fence_ref(fence);
 		bo->tbo.sync_obj_arg = NULL;
-		spin_unlock(&bo->tbo.lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bo->tbo.bdev->fence_lock);
 		if (old_fence) {
 			radeon_fence_unref(&old_fence);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.h
index 3481bc7..7885d07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.h
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ static inline int radeon_bo_wait(struct radeon_bo *bo, u32 *mem_type,
 	r = ttm_bo_reserve(&bo->tbo, true, no_wait, false, 0);
 	if (unlikely(r != 0))
 		return r;
-	spin_lock(&bo->tbo.lock);
+	spin_lock(&bo->tbo.bdev->fence_lock);
 	if (mem_type)
 		*mem_type = bo->tbo.mem.mem_type;
 	if (bo->tbo.sync_obj)
 		r = ttm_bo_wait(&bo->tbo, true, true, no_wait);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->tbo.lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bo->tbo.bdev->fence_lock);
 	ttm_bo_unreserve(&bo->tbo);
 	return r;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index 5d87508..d93c73b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -427,11 +427,9 @@ moved:
 	}
 
 	if (bo->mem.mm_node) {
-		spin_lock(&bo->lock);
 		bo->offset = (bo->mem.start << PAGE_SHIFT) +
 		    bdev->man[bo->mem.mem_type].gpu_offset;
 		bo->cur_placement = bo->mem.placement;
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
 	} else
 		bo->offset = 0;
 
@@ -485,14 +483,14 @@ static void ttm_bo_cleanup_refs_or_queue(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 	int put_count;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	(void) ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, false, true);
 	if (!bo->sync_obj) {
 
 		spin_lock(&glob->lru_lock);
 
 		/**
-		 * Lock inversion between bo::reserve and bo::lock here,
+		 * Lock inversion between bo:reserve and bdev::fence_lock here,
 		 * but that's OK, since we're only trylocking.
 		 */
 
@@ -501,7 +499,7 @@ static void ttm_bo_cleanup_refs_or_queue(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 		if (unlikely(ret == -EBUSY))
 			goto queue;
 
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		put_count = ttm_bo_del_from_lru(bo);
 
 		spin_unlock(&glob->lru_lock);
@@ -522,7 +520,7 @@ queue:
 	kref_get(&bo->list_kref);
 	list_add_tail(&bo->ddestroy, &bdev->ddestroy);
 	spin_unlock(&glob->lru_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 
 	if (sync_obj) {
 		driver->sync_obj_flush(sync_obj, sync_obj_arg);
@@ -547,14 +545,15 @@ static int ttm_bo_cleanup_refs(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 			       bool no_wait_reserve,
 			       bool no_wait_gpu)
 {
+	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
 	struct ttm_bo_global *glob = bo->glob;
 	int put_count;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 retry:
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, interruptible, no_wait_gpu);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		return ret;
@@ -707,9 +706,9 @@ static int ttm_bo_evict(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, bool interruptible,
 	struct ttm_placement placement;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, interruptible, no_wait_gpu);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 		if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS) {
@@ -1044,6 +1043,7 @@ int ttm_bo_move_buffer(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct ttm_mem_reg mem;
+	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
 
 	BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&bo->reserved));
 
@@ -1052,9 +1052,9 @@ int ttm_bo_move_buffer(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	 * Have the driver move function wait for idle when necessary,
 	 * instead of doing it here.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, interruptible, no_wait_gpu);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	mem.num_pages = bo->num_pages;
@@ -1171,7 +1171,6 @@ int ttm_bo_init(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev,
 	}
 	bo->destroy = destroy;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&bo->lock);
 	kref_init(&bo->kref);
 	kref_init(&bo->list_kref);
 	atomic_set(&bo->cpu_writers, 0);
@@ -1535,7 +1534,7 @@ int ttm_bo_device_init(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev,
 	bdev->dev_mapping = NULL;
 	bdev->glob = glob;
 	bdev->need_dma32 = need_dma32;
-
+	spin_lock_init(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&glob->device_list_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&bdev->device_list, &glob->device_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&glob->device_list_mutex);
@@ -1659,6 +1658,7 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 		bool lazy, bool interruptible, bool no_wait)
 {
 	struct ttm_bo_driver *driver = bo->bdev->driver;
+	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
 	void *sync_obj;
 	void *sync_obj_arg;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1672,9 +1672,9 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 			void *tmp_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 			bo->sync_obj = NULL;
 			clear_bit(TTM_BO_PRIV_FLAG_MOVING, &bo->priv_flags);
-			spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&tmp_obj);
-			spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -1683,29 +1683,29 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 
 		sync_obj = driver->sync_obj_ref(bo->sync_obj);
 		sync_obj_arg = bo->sync_obj_arg;
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		ret = driver->sync_obj_wait(sync_obj, sync_obj_arg,
 					    lazy, interruptible);
 		if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&sync_obj);
-			spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 			return ret;
 		}
-		spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		if (likely(bo->sync_obj == sync_obj &&
 			   bo->sync_obj_arg == sync_obj_arg)) {
 			void *tmp_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 			bo->sync_obj = NULL;
 			clear_bit(TTM_BO_PRIV_FLAG_MOVING,
 				  &bo->priv_flags);
-			spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&sync_obj);
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&tmp_obj);
-			spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		} else {
-			spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&sync_obj);
-			spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+			spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1714,6 +1714,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_bo_wait);
 
 int ttm_bo_synccpu_write_grab(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, bool no_wait)
 {
+	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -1723,9 +1724,9 @@ int ttm_bo_synccpu_write_grab(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, bool no_wait)
 	ret = ttm_bo_reserve(bo, true, no_wait, false, 0);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		return ret;
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, true, no_wait);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	if (likely(ret == 0))
 		atomic_inc(&bo->cpu_writers);
 	ttm_bo_unreserve(bo);
@@ -1797,9 +1798,9 @@ static int ttm_bo_swapout(struct ttm_mem_shrink *shrink)
 	 * Wait for GPU, then move to system cached.
 	 */
 
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bo->bdev->fence_lock);
 	ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, false, false);
-	spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bo->bdev->fence_lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
index 3106d5b..4b75133 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ static int ttm_buffer_object_transfer(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	 * TODO: Explicit member copy would probably be better here.
 	 */
 
-	spin_lock_init(&fbo->lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&fbo->event_queue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbo->ddestroy);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbo->lru);
@@ -520,7 +519,7 @@ int ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	struct ttm_buffer_object *ghost_obj;
 	void *tmp_obj = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	if (bo->sync_obj) {
 		tmp_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 		bo->sync_obj = NULL;
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@ int ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	bo->sync_obj_arg = sync_obj_arg;
 	if (evict) {
 		ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, false, false);
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		if (tmp_obj)
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&tmp_obj);
 		if (ret)
@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@ int ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 		 */
 
 		set_bit(TTM_BO_PRIV_FLAG_MOVING, &bo->priv_flags);
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		if (tmp_obj)
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&tmp_obj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
index fe6cb77..8dd446c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
@@ -118,17 +118,17 @@ static int ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * move.
 	 */
 
-	spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+	spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 	if (test_bit(TTM_BO_PRIV_FLAG_MOVING, &bo->priv_flags)) {
 		ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, true, false);
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 			retval = (ret != -ERESTARTSYS) ?
 			    VM_FAULT_SIGBUS : VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 	} else
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 
 
 	ret = ttm_mem_io_reserve(bdev, &bo->mem);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c
index 3f0d23c..a3ae712 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c
@@ -198,14 +198,15 @@ void ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects(struct list_head *list, void *sync_obj)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(entry, list, head) {
 		struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = entry->bo;
-		struct ttm_bo_driver *driver = bo->bdev->driver;
+		struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
+		struct ttm_bo_driver *driver = bdev->driver;
 		void *old_sync_obj;
 
-		spin_lock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		old_sync_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 		bo->sync_obj = driver->sync_obj_ref(sync_obj);
 		bo->sync_obj_arg = entry->new_sync_obj_arg;
-		spin_unlock(&bo->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 		ttm_bo_unreserve(bo);
 		entry->reserved = false;
 		if (old_sync_obj)
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
index b0fc9c1..edacd48 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ struct ttm_tt;
  * keeps one refcount. When this refcount reaches zero,
  * the object is destroyed.
  * @event_queue: Queue for processes waiting on buffer object status change.
- * @lock: spinlock protecting mostly synchronization members.
  * @mem: structure describing current placement.
  * @persistant_swap_storage: Usually the swap storage is deleted for buffers
  * pinned in physical memory. If this behaviour is not desired, this member
@@ -213,7 +212,6 @@ struct ttm_buffer_object {
 	struct kref kref;
 	struct kref list_kref;
 	wait_queue_head_t event_queue;
-	spinlock_t lock;
 
 	/**
 	 * Members protected by the bo::reserved lock.
@@ -248,10 +246,10 @@ struct ttm_buffer_object {
 	atomic_t reserved;
 
 	/**
-	 * Members protected by the bo::lock
+	 * Members protected by struct buffer_object_device::fence_lock
 	 * In addition, setting sync_obj to anything else
 	 * than NULL requires bo::reserved to be held. This allows for
-	 * checking NULL while reserved but not holding bo::lock.
+	 * checking NULL while reserved but not holding the mentioned lock.
 	 */
 
 	void *sync_obj_arg;
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
index 1e25a40..ca8131e 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ struct ttm_bo_global {
  *
  * @driver: Pointer to a struct ttm_bo_driver struct setup by the driver.
  * @man: An array of mem_type_managers.
+ * @fence_lock: Protects the synchronizing members on *all* bos belonging
+ * to this device.
  * @addr_space_mm: Range manager for the device address space.
  * lru_lock: Spinlock that protects the buffer+device lru lists and
  * ddestroy lists.
@@ -531,6 +533,7 @@ struct ttm_bo_device {
 	struct ttm_bo_driver *driver;
 	rwlock_t vm_lock;
 	struct ttm_mem_type_manager man[TTM_NUM_MEM_TYPES];
+	spinlock_t fence_lock;
 	/*
 	 * Protected by the vm lock.
 	 */
