diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_debugfs.c
index c2b20e0ee030..15d2cb89ff18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_debugfs.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_features(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 			    vgdev->has_resource_assign_uuid);
 
 	virtio_gpu_add_bool(m, "blob resources", vgdev->has_resource_blob);
+	virtio_gpu_add_bool(m, "release fence", vgdev->ddev->mode_config.release_fence);
 	virtio_gpu_add_int(m, "cap sets", vgdev->num_capsets);
 	virtio_gpu_add_int(m, "scanouts", vgdev->num_scanouts);
 	if (vgdev->host_visible_region.len) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
index ed85a7863256..29cb2c355587 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_GPU_F_EDID,
 	VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_UUID,
 	VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB,
+	VIRTIO_GPU_F_RELEASE_FENCE,
 };
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_gpu_driver = {
 	.feature_table = features,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index 0c4810982530..9126bca47c6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct virtio_gpu_fence {
 	uint64_t fence_id;
 	struct virtio_gpu_fence_driver *drv;
 	struct list_head node;
+	struct dma_fence *release_fence;
 };
 
 struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c
index d28e25e8409b..d1c36b5fa8ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ void virtio_gpu_fence_event_process(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 			if (signaled->f.context != curr->f.context)
 				continue;
 
+			if (curr->release_fence)
+				continue;
+
 			if (!dma_fence_is_later(&signaled->f, &curr->f))
 				continue;
 
@@ -142,6 +145,12 @@ void virtio_gpu_fence_event_process(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 			dma_fence_put(&curr->f);
 		}
 
+		if (signaled->release_fence) {
+			dma_fence_signal(signaled->release_fence);
+			dma_fence_put(signaled->release_fence);
+			signaled->release_fence = NULL;
+		}
+
 		dma_fence_signal_locked(&signaled->f);
 		list_del(&signaled->node);
 		dma_fence_put(&signaled->f);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
index f3379059f324..5706703eb676 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ int virtio_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vgdev->vdev, VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB)) {
 		vgdev->has_resource_blob = true;
 	}
+	if (virtio_has_feature(vgdev->vdev, VIRTIO_GPU_F_RELEASE_FENCE)) {
+		vgdev->ddev->mode_config.release_fence = true;
+	}
 	if (virtio_get_shm_region(vgdev->vdev, &vgdev->host_visible_region,
 				  VIRTIO_GPU_SHM_ID_HOST_VISIBLE)) {
 		if (!devm_request_mem_region(&vgdev->vdev->dev,
@@ -176,11 +179,13 @@ int virtio_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 			    (unsigned long)vgdev->host_visible_region.len);
 	}
 
-	DRM_INFO("features: %cvirgl %cedid %cresource_blob %chost_visible\n",
+	DRM_INFO("features: %cvirgl %cedid %cresource_blob %chost_visible \
+		 %crelease_fence\n",
 		 vgdev->has_virgl_3d    ? '+' : '-',
 		 vgdev->has_edid        ? '+' : '-',
 		 vgdev->has_resource_blob ? '+' : '-',
-		 vgdev->has_host_visible ? '+' : '-');
+		 vgdev->has_host_visible ? '+' : '-',
+		 vgdev->ddev->mode_config.release_fence ? '+' : '-');
 
 	ret = virtio_find_vqs(vgdev->vdev, 2, vqs, callbacks, names, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h
index 97523a95781d..9468e17a3c13 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpu.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
  */
 #define VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB       3
 
+#define VIRTIO_GPU_F_RELEASE_FENCE	 4
+
 enum virtio_gpu_ctrl_type {
 	VIRTIO_GPU_UNDEFINED = 0,
 
