diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h
index 98e60df882b6..63688e6e4580 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ struct etnaviv_gem_submit_bo {
 	u64 va;
 	struct etnaviv_gem_object *obj;
 	struct etnaviv_vram_mapping *mapping;
-	struct dma_fence *excl;
-	unsigned int nr_shared;
-	struct dma_fence **shared;
 };
 
 /* Created per submit-ioctl, to track bo's and cmdstream bufs, etc,
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ struct etnaviv_gem_submit {
 	struct etnaviv_file_private *ctx;
 	struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu;
 	struct etnaviv_iommu_context *mmu_context, *prev_mmu_context;
-	struct dma_fence *out_fence, *in_fence;
+	struct dma_fence *out_fence;
 	int out_fence_id;
 	struct list_head node; /* GPU active submit list */
 	struct etnaviv_cmdbuf cmdbuf;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
index 4dd7d9d541c0..92478a50a580 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
@@ -188,16 +188,10 @@ static int submit_fence_sync(struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
 		if (submit->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_NO_IMPLICIT)
 			continue;
 
-		if (bo->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE) {
-			ret = dma_resv_get_fences(robj, &bo->excl,
-						  &bo->nr_shared,
-						  &bo->shared);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else {
-			bo->excl = dma_resv_get_excl_unlocked(robj);
-		}
-
+		ret = drm_sched_job_await_implicit(&submit->sched_job, &bo->obj->base,
+						   bo->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -403,8 +397,6 @@ static void submit_cleanup(struct kref *kref)
 
 	wake_up_all(&submit->gpu->fence_event);
 
-	if (submit->in_fence)
-		dma_fence_put(submit->in_fence);
 	if (submit->out_fence) {
 		/* first remove from IDR, so fence can not be found anymore */
 		mutex_lock(&submit->gpu->fence_lock);
@@ -537,6 +529,12 @@ int etnaviv_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	submit->exec_state = args->exec_state;
 	submit->flags = args->flags;
 
+	ret = drm_sched_job_init(&submit->sched_job,
+				 &ctx->sched_entity[args->pipe],
+				 submit->ctx);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_submit_objects;
+
 	ret = submit_lookup_objects(submit, file, bos, args->nr_bos);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_submit_objects;
@@ -549,11 +547,15 @@ int etnaviv_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	}
 
 	if (args->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_FENCE_FD_IN) {
-		submit->in_fence = sync_file_get_fence(args->fence_fd);
-		if (!submit->in_fence) {
+		struct dma_fence *in_fence = sync_file_get_fence(args->fence_fd);
+		if (!in_fence) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_submit_objects;
 		}
+
+		ret = drm_sched_job_await_fence(&submit->sched_job, in_fence);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_submit_objects;
 	}
 
 	ret = submit_pin_objects(submit);
@@ -579,7 +581,7 @@ int etnaviv_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_submit_objects;
 
-	ret = etnaviv_sched_push_job(&ctx->sched_entity[args->pipe], submit);
+	ret = etnaviv_sched_push_job(submit);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_submit_objects;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
index 180bb633d5c5..c98d67320be3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.c
@@ -17,58 +17,6 @@ module_param_named(job_hang_limit, etnaviv_job_hang_limit, int , 0444);
 static int etnaviv_hw_jobs_limit = 4;
 module_param_named(hw_job_limit, etnaviv_hw_jobs_limit, int , 0444);
 
-static struct dma_fence *
-etnaviv_sched_dependency(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
-			 struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
-{
-	struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit = to_etnaviv_submit(sched_job);
-	struct dma_fence *fence;
-	int i;
-
-	if (unlikely(submit->in_fence)) {
-		fence = submit->in_fence;
-		submit->in_fence = NULL;
-
-		if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-			return fence;
-
-		dma_fence_put(fence);
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < submit->nr_bos; i++) {
-		struct etnaviv_gem_submit_bo *bo = &submit->bos[i];
-		int j;
-
-		if (bo->excl) {
-			fence = bo->excl;
-			bo->excl = NULL;
-
-			if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-				return fence;
-
-			dma_fence_put(fence);
-		}
-
-		for (j = 0; j < bo->nr_shared; j++) {
-			if (!bo->shared[j])
-				continue;
-
-			fence = bo->shared[j];
-			bo->shared[j] = NULL;
-
-			if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-				return fence;
-
-			dma_fence_put(fence);
-		}
-		kfree(bo->shared);
-		bo->nr_shared = 0;
-		bo->shared = NULL;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static struct dma_fence *etnaviv_sched_run_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 {
 	struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit = to_etnaviv_submit(sched_job);
@@ -140,14 +88,12 @@ static void etnaviv_sched_free_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 }
 
 static const struct drm_sched_backend_ops etnaviv_sched_ops = {
-	.dependency = etnaviv_sched_dependency,
 	.run_job = etnaviv_sched_run_job,
 	.timedout_job = etnaviv_sched_timedout_job,
 	.free_job = etnaviv_sched_free_job,
 };
 
-int etnaviv_sched_push_job(struct drm_sched_entity *sched_entity,
-			   struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
+int etnaviv_sched_push_job(struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -158,11 +104,6 @@ int etnaviv_sched_push_job(struct drm_sched_entity *sched_entity,
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&submit->gpu->fence_lock);
 
-	ret = drm_sched_job_init(&submit->sched_job, sched_entity,
-				 submit->ctx);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	drm_sched_job_arm(&submit->sched_job);
 
 	submit->out_fence = dma_fence_get(&submit->sched_job.s_fence->finished);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.h
index c0a6796e22c9..baebfa069afc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_sched.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ struct etnaviv_gem_submit *to_etnaviv_submit(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 
 int etnaviv_sched_init(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu);
 void etnaviv_sched_fini(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu);
-int etnaviv_sched_push_job(struct drm_sched_entity *sched_entity,
-			   struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit);
+int etnaviv_sched_push_job(struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit);
 
 #endif /* __ETNAVIV_SCHED_H__ */
