diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
index c7843e336310..4f74a02a9a05 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ void amdgpu_fence_driver_guilty_force_completion(struct amdgpu_fence *af)
 	struct amdgpu_ring *ring = af->ring;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 seq, last_seq;
+	bool reemitted = false;
 
 	last_seq = amdgpu_fence_read(ring) & ring->fence_drv.num_fences_mask;
 	seq = ring->fence_drv.sync_seq & ring->fence_drv.num_fences_mask;
@@ -726,7 +727,9 @@ void amdgpu_fence_driver_guilty_force_completion(struct amdgpu_fence *af)
 		if (unprocessed && !dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(unprocessed)) {
 			fence = container_of(unprocessed, struct amdgpu_fence, base);
 
-			if (fence == af)
+			if (fence->reemitted > 1)
+				reemitted = true;
+			else if (fence == af)
 				dma_fence_set_error(&fence->base, -ETIME);
 			else if (fence->context == af->context)
 				dma_fence_set_error(&fence->base, -ECANCELED);
@@ -734,9 +737,16 @@ void amdgpu_fence_driver_guilty_force_completion(struct amdgpu_fence *af)
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} while (last_seq != seq);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->fence_drv.lock, flags);
-	/* signal the guilty fence */
-	amdgpu_fence_write(ring, (u32)af->base.seqno);
-	amdgpu_fence_process(ring);
+
+	if (reemitted) {
+		/* if we've already reemitted once then just cancel everything */
+		amdgpu_fence_driver_force_completion(af->ring);
+		af->ring->ring_backup_entries_to_copy = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* signal the guilty fence */
+		amdgpu_fence_write(ring, (u32)af->base.seqno);
+		amdgpu_fence_process(ring);
+	}
 }
 
 void amdgpu_fence_save_wptr(struct amdgpu_fence *af)
@@ -784,10 +794,12 @@ void amdgpu_ring_backup_unprocessed_commands(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 			/* save everything if the ring is not guilty, otherwise
 			 * just save the content from other contexts.
 			 */
-			if (!guilty_fence || (fence->context != guilty_fence->context))
+			if (!fence->reemitted &&
+			    (!guilty_fence || (fence->context != guilty_fence->context)))
 				amdgpu_ring_backup_unprocessed_command(ring, wptr,
 								       fence->wptr);
 			wptr = fence->wptr;
+			fence->reemitted++;
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} while (last_seq != seq);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
index a1fb0fadb6ea..d88182952897 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ struct amdgpu_fence {
 	u64				wptr;
 	/* fence context for resets */
 	u64				context;
+	/* has this fence been reemitted */
+	unsigned int			reemitted;
 };
 
 extern const struct drm_sched_backend_ops amdgpu_sched_ops;