diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_eviction_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_eviction_fence.c
index f6b7522c3c82..f8652fd0525d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_eviction_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_eviction_fence.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ amdgpu_eviction_fence_suspend_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	mutex_lock(&uq_mgr->userq_mutex);
 
+	/* Fence waits are not allowed in a fence signalling critical section. */
+	amdgpu_userq_wait_for_signal(uq_mgr);
+
 	/*
 	 * This is intentionally after taking the userq_mutex since we do
 	 * allocate memory while holding this lock, but only after ensuring that
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.c
index e43bda0cab3f..280bdeb38970 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.c
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ amdgpu_userq_evict_all(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *uq_mgr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void
+void
 amdgpu_userq_wait_for_signal(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *uq_mgr)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_usermode_queue *queue;
@@ -1291,8 +1291,6 @@ amdgpu_userq_wait_for_signal(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *uq_mgr)
 void
 amdgpu_userq_evict(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *uq_mgr)
 {
-	/* Wait for any pending userqueue fence work to finish */
-	amdgpu_userq_wait_for_signal(uq_mgr);
 	amdgpu_userq_evict_all(uq_mgr);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.h
index 6412a7f7b6ef..488dc21d7c81 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ void amdgpu_userq_mgr_cancel_reset_work(struct amdgpu_device *adev);
 void amdgpu_userq_mgr_cancel_resume(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *userq_mgr);
 void amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *userq_mgr);
 
+void amdgpu_userq_wait_for_signal(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *uq_mgr);
 void amdgpu_userq_evict(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *uq_mgr);
 
 void amdgpu_userq_ensure_ev_fence(struct amdgpu_userq_mgr *userq_mgr,