diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
index b76294d4275b..2a9a2593dc18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
@@ -170,26 +170,27 @@ bool amdgpu_vmid_had_gpu_reset(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
  *
  * @vm: vm to allocate id for
  * @ring: ring we want to submit job to
- * @sync: sync object where we add dependencies
  * @idle: resulting idle VMID
+ * @fence: fence to wait for if no id could be grabbed
  *
  * Try to find an idle VMID, if none is idle add a fence to wait to the sync
  * object. Returns -ENOMEM when we are out of memory.
  */
 static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_idle(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 				 struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-				 struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
-				 struct amdgpu_vmid **idle)
+				 struct amdgpu_vmid **idle,
+				 struct dma_fence **fence)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
 	unsigned vmhub = ring->funcs->vmhub;
 	struct amdgpu_vmid_mgr *id_mgr = &adev->vm_manager.id_mgr[vmhub];
 	struct dma_fence **fences;
 	unsigned i;
-	int r;
 
-	if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(ring->vmid_wait))
-		return amdgpu_sync_fence(sync, ring->vmid_wait);
+	if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(ring->vmid_wait)) {
+		*fence = dma_fence_get(ring->vmid_wait);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	fences = kmalloc_array(id_mgr->num_ids, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fences)
@@ -228,10 +229,10 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_idle(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
-		r = amdgpu_sync_fence(sync, &array->base);
+		*fence = dma_fence_get(&array->base);
 		dma_fence_put(ring->vmid_wait);
 		ring->vmid_wait = &array->base;
-		return r;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	kfree(fences);
 
@@ -243,17 +244,17 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_idle(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
  *
  * @vm: vm to allocate id for
  * @ring: ring we want to submit job to
- * @sync: sync object where we add dependencies
  * @job: job who wants to use the VMID
  * @id: resulting VMID
+ * @fence: fence to wait for if no id could be grabbed
  *
  * Try to assign a reserved VMID.
  */
 static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_reserved(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 				     struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-				     struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 				     struct amdgpu_job *job,
-				     struct amdgpu_vmid **id)
+				     struct amdgpu_vmid **id,
+				     struct dma_fence **fence)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
 	unsigned vmhub = ring->funcs->vmhub;
@@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_reserved(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 		tmp = amdgpu_sync_peek_fence(&(*id)->active, ring);
 		if (tmp) {
 			*id = NULL;
-			return amdgpu_sync_fence(sync, tmp);
+			*fence = dma_fence_get(tmp);
+			return 0;
 		}
 		needs_flush = true;
 	}
@@ -302,17 +304,17 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_reserved(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
  *
  * @vm: vm to allocate id for
  * @ring: ring we want to submit job to
- * @sync: sync object where we add dependencies
  * @job: job who wants to use the VMID
  * @id: resulting VMID
+ * @fence: fence to wait for if no id could be grabbed
  *
  * Try to reuse a VMID for this submission.
  */
 static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_used(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 				 struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-				 struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 				 struct amdgpu_job *job,
-				 struct amdgpu_vmid **id)
+				 struct amdgpu_vmid **id,
+				 struct dma_fence **fence)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
 	unsigned vmhub = ring->funcs->vmhub;
@@ -367,13 +369,13 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_used(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
  *
  * @vm: vm to allocate id for
  * @ring: ring we want to submit job to
- * @sync: sync object where we add dependencies
  * @job: job who wants to use the VMID
+ * @fence: fence to wait for if no id could be grabbed
  *
  * Allocate an id for the vm, adding fences to the sync obj as necessary.
  */
 int amdgpu_vmid_grab(struct amdgpu_vm *vm, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-		     struct amdgpu_sync *sync, struct amdgpu_job *job)
+		     struct amdgpu_job *job, struct dma_fence **fence)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
 	unsigned vmhub = ring->funcs->vmhub;
@@ -383,16 +385,16 @@ int amdgpu_vmid_grab(struct amdgpu_vm *vm, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 	int r = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&id_mgr->lock);
-	r = amdgpu_vmid_grab_idle(vm, ring, sync, &idle);
+	r = amdgpu_vmid_grab_idle(vm, ring, &idle, fence);
 	if (r || !idle)
 		goto error;
 
 	if (vm->reserved_vmid[vmhub]) {
-		r = amdgpu_vmid_grab_reserved(vm, ring, sync, job, &id);
+		r = amdgpu_vmid_grab_reserved(vm, ring, job, &id, fence);
 		if (r || !id)
 			goto error;
 	} else {
-		r = amdgpu_vmid_grab_used(vm, ring, sync, job, &id);
+		r = amdgpu_vmid_grab_used(vm, ring, job, &id, fence);
 		if (r)
 			goto error;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.h
index 1b1e7d04655c..57efe61dceed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void amdgpu_vmid_free_reserved(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 			       struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 			       unsigned vmhub);
 int amdgpu_vmid_grab(struct amdgpu_vm *vm, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-		     struct amdgpu_sync *sync, struct amdgpu_job *job);
+		     struct amdgpu_job *job, struct dma_fence **fence);
 void amdgpu_vmid_reset(struct amdgpu_device *adev, unsigned vmhub,
 		       unsigned vmid);
 void amdgpu_vmid_reset_all(struct amdgpu_device *adev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
index 5aa053acc0b4..8c2001ddab39 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@ int amdgpu_job_submit_direct(struct amdgpu_job *job, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct dma_fence *amdgpu_job_dependency(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
-					       struct drm_sched_entity *s_entity)
+static struct dma_fence *
+amdgpu_job_dependency(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
+		      struct drm_sched_entity *s_entity)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_ring *ring = to_amdgpu_ring(s_entity->rq->sched);
 	struct amdgpu_job *job = to_amdgpu_job(sched_job);
-	struct amdgpu_vm *vm = job->vm;
 	struct dma_fence *fence;
 	int r;
 
@@ -255,12 +255,10 @@ static struct dma_fence *amdgpu_job_dependency(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
 			DRM_ERROR("Error adding fence (%d)\n", r);
 	}
 
-	while (fence == NULL && vm && !job->vmid) {
-		r = amdgpu_vmid_grab(vm, ring, &job->sync, job);
+	while (fence == NULL && job->vm && !job->vmid) {
+		r = amdgpu_vmid_grab(job->vm, ring, job, &fence);
 		if (r)
 			DRM_ERROR("Error getting VM ID (%d)\n", r);
-
-		fence = amdgpu_sync_get_fence(&job->sync);
 	}
 
 	if (!fence && job->gang_submit)
