diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
index be48487e2ca72..92a70fb57fa3a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int amdgpu_vmid_grab_idle(struct amdgpu_vm *vm,
 	unsigned i;
 	int r;
 
-	if (ring->vmid_wait && !dma_fence_is_signaled(ring->vmid_wait))
+	if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(ring->vmid_wait))
 		return amdgpu_sync_fence(sync, ring->vmid_wait);
 
 	fences = kmalloc_array(id_mgr->num_ids, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
index 35bcb6dc18166..7f33ae87cb41e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ int amdgpu_ring_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 		adev->rings[ring->idx] = ring;
 		ring->num_hw_submission = sched_hw_submission;
 		ring->sched_score = sched_score;
+		ring->vmid_wait = dma_fence_get_stub();
 		r = amdgpu_fence_driver_init_ring(ring);
 		if (r)
 			return r;