diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
index c919cfc8f2fd..81116cfea275 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ nouveau_fence_channel_init(struct nouveau_channel *chan)
 	if (USE_SEMA(dev) && dev_priv->chipset < 0x84) {
 		struct ttm_mem_reg *mem = &dev_priv->fence.bo->bo.mem;
 
-		ret = nouveau_gpuobj_dma_new(chan, NV_CLASS_DMA_IN_MEMORY,
+		ret = nouveau_gpuobj_dma_new(chan, NV_CLASS_DMA_FROM_MEMORY,
 					     mem->start << PAGE_SHIFT,
 					     mem->size, NV_MEM_ACCESS_RW,
 					     NV_MEM_TARGET_VRAM, &obj);