1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_irq.c
index d40086fc8647..4d7cb5393860 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_irq.c
@@ -85,19 +85,12 @@ bool vmw_fence_signaled(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
                 return true;
 
         /**
-         * Below is to signal stale fences that have wrapped.
-         * First, block fence submission.
-         */
-
-        down_read(&fifo_state->rwsem);
-
-        /**
          * Then check if the sequence is higher than what we've actually
          * emitted. Then the fence is stale and signaled.
          */
 
-        ret = ((dev_priv->fence_seq - sequence) > VMW_FENCE_WRAP);
-        up_read(&fifo_state->rwsem);
+        ret = ((atomic_read(&dev_priv->fence_seq) - sequence)
+               > VMW_FENCE_WRAP);
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -127,7 +120,7 @@ int vmw_fallback_wait(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 
         if (fifo_idle)
                 down_read(&fifo_state->rwsem);
-        signal_seq = dev_priv->fence_seq;
+        signal_seq = atomic_read(&dev_priv->fence_seq);
         ret = 0;
 
         for (;;) {