diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
index c5386d13eb4a..a4ec092af9a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,8 @@ static int amdgpu_cs_submit(struct amdgpu_cs_parser *p,
 	if (r)
 		goto error_unlock;
 
+	drm_sched_job_arm(&job->base);
+
 	/* No memory allocation is allowed while holding the notifier lock.
 	 * The lock is held until amdgpu_cs_submit is finished and fence is
 	 * added to BOs.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
index d33e6d97cc89..5ddb955d2315 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ int amdgpu_job_submit(struct amdgpu_job *job, struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
+	drm_sched_job_arm(&job->base);
+
 	*f = dma_fence_get(&job->base.s_fence->finished);
 	amdgpu_job_free_resources(job);
 	drm_sched_entity_push_job(&job->base, entity);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
index 19826e504efc..af1671f01c7f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ int etnaviv_sched_push_job(struct drm_sched_entity *sched_entity,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	drm_sched_job_arm(&submit->sched_job);
+
 	submit->out_fence = dma_fence_get(&submit->sched_job.s_fence->finished);
 	submit->out_fence_id = idr_alloc_cyclic(&submit->gpu->fence_idr,
 						submit->out_fence, 0,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
index ecf3267334ff..bd1af1fd8c0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_sched.c
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ int lima_sched_task_init(struct lima_sched_task *task,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	drm_sched_job_arm(&task->base);
+
 	task->num_bos = num_bos;
 	task->vm = lima_vm_get(vm);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
index beb62c8fc851..1e950534b9b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ int panfrost_job_push(struct panfrost_job *job)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	drm_sched_job_arm(&job->base);
+
 	job->render_done_fence = dma_fence_get(&job->base.s_fence->finished);
 
 	ret = panfrost_acquire_object_fences(job->bos, job->bo_count,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 79554aa4dbb1..f7347c284886 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -485,9 +485,9 @@ void drm_sched_entity_select_rq(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
  * @sched_job: job to submit
  * @entity: scheduler entity
  *
- * Note: To guarantee that the order of insertion to queue matches
- * the job's fence sequence number this function should be
- * called with drm_sched_job_init under common lock.
+ * Note: To guarantee that the order of insertion to queue matches the job's
+ * fence sequence number this function should be called with drm_sched_job_arm()
+ * under common lock.
  *
  * Returns 0 for success, negative error code otherwise.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
index 69de2c76731f..0ba810c198bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
@@ -152,11 +152,10 @@ struct drm_sched_fence *to_drm_sched_fence(struct dma_fence *f)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(to_drm_sched_fence);
 
-struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_create(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
-					       void *owner)
+struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_alloc(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
+					      void *owner)
 {
 	struct drm_sched_fence *fence = NULL;
-	unsigned seq;
 
 	fence = kmem_cache_zalloc(sched_fence_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (fence == NULL)
@@ -166,13 +165,19 @@ struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_create(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 	fence->sched = entity->rq->sched;
 	spin_lock_init(&fence->lock);
 
+	return fence;
+}
+
+void drm_sched_fence_init(struct drm_sched_fence *fence,
+			  struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
+{
+	unsigned seq;
+
 	seq = atomic_inc_return(&entity->fence_seq);
 	dma_fence_init(&fence->scheduled, &drm_sched_fence_ops_scheduled,
 		       &fence->lock, entity->fence_context, seq);
 	dma_fence_init(&fence->finished, &drm_sched_fence_ops_finished,
 		       &fence->lock, entity->fence_context + 1, seq);
-
-	return fence;
 }
 
 module_init(drm_sched_fence_slab_init);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 61420a9c1021..70eefed17e06 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/dma-resv.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/sched/types.h>
 
 #include <drm/drm_print.h>
+#include <drm/drm_gem.h>
 #include <drm/gpu_scheduler.h>
 #include <drm/spsc_queue.h>
 
@@ -594,7 +596,7 @@ int drm_sched_job_init(struct drm_sched_job *job,
 	job->sched = sched;
 	job->entity = entity;
 	job->s_priority = entity->rq - sched->sched_rq;
-	job->s_fence = drm_sched_fence_create(entity, owner);
+	job->s_fence = drm_sched_fence_alloc(entity, owner);
 	if (!job->s_fence)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	job->id = atomic64_inc_return(&sched->job_id_count);
@@ -605,6 +607,25 @@ int drm_sched_job_init(struct drm_sched_job *job,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_job_init);
 
+/**
+ * drm_sched_job_arm - arm a scheduler job for execution
+ * @job: scheduler job to arm
+ *
+ * This arms a scheduler job for execution. Specifically it initializes the
+ * &drm_sched_job.s_fence of @job, so that it can be attached to struct dma_resv
+ * or other places that need to track the completion of this job.
+ *
+ * Refer to drm_sched_entity_push_job() documentation for locking
+ * considerations.
+ *
+ * This can only be called if drm_sched_job_init() succeeded.
+ */
+void drm_sched_job_arm(struct drm_sched_job *job)
+{
+	drm_sched_fence_init(job->s_fence, job->entity);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_job_arm);
+
 /**
  * drm_sched_job_cleanup - clean up scheduler job resources
  *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c
index 4eb354226972..5c3a99027ecd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ v3d_push_job(struct v3d_file_priv *v3d_priv,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	drm_sched_job_arm(&job->base);
+
 	job->done_fence = dma_fence_get(&job->base.s_fence->finished);
 
 	/* put by scheduler job completion */
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index d18af49fd009..80438d126c9d 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 int drm_sched_job_init(struct drm_sched_job *job,
 		       struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 		       void *owner);
+void drm_sched_job_arm(struct drm_sched_job *job);
 void drm_sched_entity_modify_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 				    struct drm_gpu_scheduler **sched_list,
                                    unsigned int num_sched_list);
@@ -352,8 +353,11 @@ void drm_sched_entity_set_priority(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 				   enum drm_sched_priority priority);
 bool drm_sched_entity_is_ready(struct drm_sched_entity *entity);
 
-struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_create(
+struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_alloc(
 	struct drm_sched_entity *s_entity, void *owner);
+void drm_sched_fence_init(struct drm_sched_fence *fence,
+			  struct drm_sched_entity *entity);
+
 void drm_sched_fence_scheduled(struct drm_sched_fence *fence);
 void drm_sched_fence_finished(struct drm_sched_fence *fence);
 
