diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
index db193f835298..4e21e1d72378 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if ((plane->state->fb != plane_state->fb) && plane_state->fb) {
 			struct drm_gem_object *obj = msm_framebuffer_bo(plane_state->fb, 0);
 			struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
+			struct dma_fence *fence = reservation_object_get_excl_rcu(msm_obj->resv);
 
-			plane_state->fence = reservation_object_get_excl_rcu(msm_obj->resv);
+			drm_atomic_set_fence_for_plane(plane_state, fence);
 		}
 	}