diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ib.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ib.c
index 3a7bab87b5d8..bfccb03193d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ib.c
@@ -215,16 +215,6 @@ int amdgpu_ib_schedule(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, unsigned int num_ibs,
 		dma_fence_put(tmp);
 	}
 
-	if ((ib->flags & AMDGPU_IB_FLAG_EMIT_MEM_SYNC) && ring->funcs->emit_mem_sync)
-		ring->funcs->emit_mem_sync(ring);
-
-	if (ring->funcs->emit_wave_limit &&
-	    ring->hw_prio == AMDGPU_GFX_PIPE_PRIO_HIGH)
-		ring->funcs->emit_wave_limit(ring, true);
-
-	if (ring->funcs->insert_start)
-		ring->funcs->insert_start(ring);
-
 	if (job) {
 		r = amdgpu_vm_flush(ring, job, need_pipe_sync);
 		if (r) {
@@ -235,6 +225,16 @@ int amdgpu_ib_schedule(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, unsigned int num_ibs,
 
 	amdgpu_ring_ib_begin(ring);
 
+	if (ring->funcs->insert_start)
+		ring->funcs->insert_start(ring);
+
+	if ((ib->flags & AMDGPU_IB_FLAG_EMIT_MEM_SYNC) && ring->funcs->emit_mem_sync)
+		ring->funcs->emit_mem_sync(ring);
+
+	if (ring->funcs->emit_wave_limit &&
+	    ring->hw_prio == AMDGPU_GFX_PIPE_PRIO_HIGH)
+		ring->funcs->emit_wave_limit(ring, true);
+
 	if (ring->funcs->emit_gfx_shadow && adev->gfx.cp_gfx_shadow)
 		amdgpu_ring_emit_gfx_shadow(ring, shadow_va, csa_va, gds_va,
 					    init_shadow, vmid);
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ int amdgpu_ib_schedule(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, unsigned int num_ibs,
 	    ring->hw_prio == AMDGPU_GFX_PIPE_PRIO_HIGH)
 		ring->funcs->emit_wave_limit(ring, false);
 
+	amdgpu_ring_ib_end(ring);
 	/* Save the wptr associated with this fence.
 	 * This must be last for resets to work properly
 	 * as we need to save the wptr associated with this
@@ -331,7 +332,6 @@ int amdgpu_ib_schedule(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, unsigned int num_ibs,
 	 */
 	amdgpu_fence_save_wptr(af);
 
-	amdgpu_ring_ib_end(ring);
 	amdgpu_ring_commit(ring);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
index 3a5ca6df2fdf..83b8a41f559c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
@@ -815,6 +815,17 @@ int amdgpu_vm_flush(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, struct amdgpu_job *job,
 		return 0;
 
 	amdgpu_ring_ib_begin(ring);
+
+	/* There is no matching insert_end for this on purpose for the vm flush.
+	 * The IB portion of the submission has both.  Having multiple
+	 * insert_start sequences is ok, but you can only have one insert_end
+	 * per submission based on the way VCN FW works.  For JPEG
+	 * you can as many insert_start and insert_end sequences as you like as
+	 * long as the rest of the packets come between start and end sequences.
+	 */
+	if (ring->funcs->insert_start)
+		ring->funcs->insert_start(ring);
+
 	if (ring->funcs->init_cond_exec)
 		patch = amdgpu_ring_init_cond_exec(ring,
 						   ring->cond_exe_gpu_addr);