diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-array.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-array.c
index c74ac197d5fe..0659e6b29b3c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-array.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-array.c
@@ -144,37 +144,38 @@ const struct dma_fence_ops dma_fence_array_ops = {
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_array_ops);
 
 /**
- * dma_fence_array_create - Create a custom fence array
+ * dma_fence_array_alloc - Allocate a custom fence array
+ * @num_fences:		[in]	number of fences to add in the array
+ *
+ * Return dma fence array on success, NULL on failure
+ */
+struct dma_fence_array *dma_fence_array_alloc(int num_fences)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_array *array;
+
+	return kzalloc(struct_size(array, callbacks, num_fences), GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_array_alloc);
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_array_init - Arm a custom fence array
+ * @array:		[in]	dma fence array to arm
  * @num_fences:		[in]	number of fences to add in the array
  * @fences:		[in]	array containing the fences
  * @context:		[in]	fence context to use
  * @seqno:		[in]	sequence number to use
  * @signal_on_any:	[in]	signal on any fence in the array
  *
- * Allocate a dma_fence_array object and initialize the base fence with
- * dma_fence_init().
- * In case of error it returns NULL.
- *
- * The caller should allocate the fences array with num_fences size
- * and fill it with the fences it wants to add to the object. Ownership of this
- * array is taken and dma_fence_put() is used on each fence on release.
- *
- * If @signal_on_any is true the fence array signals if any fence in the array
- * signals, otherwise it signals when all fences in the array signal.
+ * Implementation of @dma_fence_array_create without allocation. Useful to arm a
+ * preallocated dma fence fence in the path of reclaim or dma fence signaling.
  */
-struct dma_fence_array *dma_fence_array_create(int num_fences,
-					       struct dma_fence **fences,
-					       u64 context, unsigned seqno,
-					       bool signal_on_any)
+void dma_fence_array_init(struct dma_fence_array *array,
+			  int num_fences, struct dma_fence **fences,
+			  u64 context, unsigned seqno,
+			  bool signal_on_any)
 {
-	struct dma_fence_array *array;
-
 	WARN_ON(!num_fences || !fences);
 
-	array = kzalloc(struct_size(array, callbacks, num_fences), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!array)
-		return NULL;
-
 	array->num_fences = num_fences;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&array->lock);
@@ -200,6 +201,41 @@ struct dma_fence_array *dma_fence_array_create(int num_fences,
 	 */
 	while (num_fences--)
 		WARN_ON(dma_fence_is_container(fences[num_fences]));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_array_init);
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_array_create - Create a custom fence array
+ * @num_fences:		[in]	number of fences to add in the array
+ * @fences:		[in]	array containing the fences
+ * @context:		[in]	fence context to use
+ * @seqno:		[in]	sequence number to use
+ * @signal_on_any:	[in]	signal on any fence in the array
+ *
+ * Allocate a dma_fence_array object and initialize the base fence with
+ * dma_fence_init().
+ * In case of error it returns NULL.
+ *
+ * The caller should allocate the fences array with num_fences size
+ * and fill it with the fences it wants to add to the object. Ownership of this
+ * array is taken and dma_fence_put() is used on each fence on release.
+ *
+ * If @signal_on_any is true the fence array signals if any fence in the array
+ * signals, otherwise it signals when all fences in the array signal.
+ */
+struct dma_fence_array *dma_fence_array_create(int num_fences,
+					       struct dma_fence **fences,
+					       u64 context, unsigned seqno,
+					       bool signal_on_any)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_array *array;
+
+	array = dma_fence_array_alloc(num_fences);
+	if (!array)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dma_fence_array_init(array, num_fences, fences,
+			     context, seqno, signal_on_any);
 
 	return array;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence-array.h b/include/linux/dma-fence-array.h
index 29c5650c1038..079b3dec0a16 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-fence-array.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence-array.h
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ to_dma_fence_array(struct dma_fence *fence)
 	for (index = 0, fence = dma_fence_array_first(head); fence;	\
 	     ++(index), fence = dma_fence_array_next(head, index))
 
+struct dma_fence_array *dma_fence_array_alloc(int num_fences);
+void dma_fence_array_init(struct dma_fence_array *array,
+			  int num_fences, struct dma_fence **fences,
+			  u64 context, unsigned seqno,
+			  bool signal_on_any);
+
 struct dma_fence_array *dma_fence_array_create(int num_fences,
 					       struct dma_fence **fences,
 					       u64 context, unsigned seqno,
