diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c
index a707792b6025..a588f55ea4d3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ void dma_fence_chain_init(struct dma_fence_chain *chain,
 			  struct dma_fence *fence,
 			  uint64_t seqno)
 {
+	static struct lock_class_key dma_fence_chain_lock_key;
 	struct dma_fence_chain *prev_chain = to_dma_fence_chain(prev);
 	uint64_t context;
 
@@ -263,6 +264,18 @@ void dma_fence_chain_init(struct dma_fence_chain *chain,
 	dma_fence_init64(&chain->base, &dma_fence_chain_ops, NULL,
 			 context, seqno);
 
+	/*
+	 * dma_fence_chain_enable_signaling() is invoked while holding
+	 * chain->base.inline_lock and may call dma_fence_add_callback()
+	 * on the underlying fences, which takes their inline_lock.
+	 *
+	 * Since both locks share the same lockdep class, this legitimate
+	 * nesting confuses lockdep and triggers a recursive locking
+	 * warning. Assign a separate lockdep class to the chain lock
+	 * to model this hierarchy correctly.
+	 */
+	lockdep_set_class(&chain->base.inline_lock, &dma_fence_chain_lock_key);
+
 	/*
 	 * Chaining dma_fence_chain container together is only allowed through
 	 * the prev fence and not through the contained fence.