diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 94d86ee246932..9dce2957b4e5a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -3486,6 +3486,13 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 				   eb.composite_fence :
 				   &eb.requests[0]->fence);
 
+	if (unlikely(eb.gem_context->syncobj)) {
+		drm_syncobj_replace_fence(eb.gem_context->syncobj,
+					  eb.composite_fence ?
+					  eb.composite_fence :
+					  &eb.requests[0]->fence);
+	}
+
 	if (out_fence) {
 		if (err == 0) {
 			fd_install(out_fence_fd, out_fence->file);
@@ -3497,13 +3504,6 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(eb.gem_context->syncobj)) {
-		drm_syncobj_replace_fence(eb.gem_context->syncobj,
-					  eb.composite_fence ?
-					  eb.composite_fence :
-					  &eb.requests[0]->fence);
-	}
-
 	if (!out_fence && eb.composite_fence)
 		dma_fence_put(eb.composite_fence);