diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 73eeb6b1f1cd6682bab4e6eea6c5aca44128d259..ab8c6946fea47f0668dddb35cf974b2e92d8c82b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4595,6 +4595,7 @@ void i915_gem_resume(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	i915_gem_restore_gtt_mappings(dev_priv);
+	i915_gem_restore_fences(dev_priv);
 
 	/* As we didn't flush the kernel context before suspend, we cannot
 	 * guarantee that the context image is complete. So let's just reset
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_suspend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_suspend.c
index 5c86925a029438d795e07d4f72f7da56e2605b23..8f3aa4dc0c98596a3b0443e493be84403d120bc3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_suspend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_suspend.c
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ int i915_restore_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 
-	i915_gem_restore_fences(dev_priv);
-
 	if (IS_GEN4(dev_priv))
 		pci_write_config_word(pdev, GCDGMBUS,
 				      dev_priv->regfile.saveGCDGMBUS);