diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 0189d379a55e9..2db59e7a12af3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -15631,15 +15631,6 @@ void intel_plane_unpin_fb(struct intel_plane_state *old_plane_state)
 		intel_unpin_fb_vma(vma, old_plane_state->flags);
 }
 
-static void fb_obj_bump_render_priority(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
-{
-	struct i915_sched_attr attr = {
-		.priority = I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_PRIORITY_DISPLAY),
-	};
-
-	i915_gem_object_wait_priority(obj, 0, &attr);
-}
-
 /**
  * intel_prepare_plane_fb - Prepare fb for usage on plane
  * @_plane: drm plane to prepare for
@@ -15656,6 +15647,9 @@ int
 intel_prepare_plane_fb(struct drm_plane *_plane,
 		       struct drm_plane_state *_new_plane_state)
 {
+	struct i915_sched_attr attr = {
+		.priority = I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_PRIORITY_DISPLAY),
+	};
 	struct intel_plane *plane = to_intel_plane(_plane);
 	struct intel_plane_state *new_plane_state =
 		to_intel_plane_state(_new_plane_state);
@@ -15695,6 +15689,8 @@ intel_prepare_plane_fb(struct drm_plane *_plane,
 	}
 
 	if (new_plane_state->uapi.fence) { /* explicit fencing */
+		i915_gem_fence_wait_priority(new_plane_state->uapi.fence,
+					     &attr);
 		ret = i915_sw_fence_await_dma_fence(&state->commit_ready,
 						    new_plane_state->uapi.fence,
 						    i915_fence_timeout(dev_priv),
@@ -15716,7 +15712,7 @@ intel_prepare_plane_fb(struct drm_plane *_plane,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	fb_obj_bump_render_priority(obj);
+	i915_gem_object_wait_priority(obj, 0, &attr);
 	i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(obj, ORIGIN_DIRTYFB);
 
 	if (!new_plane_state->uapi.fence) { /* implicit fencing */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index eaa36414d7f2e..b6a16ab859564 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ static inline void __start_cpu_write(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		obj->cache_dirty = true;
 }
 
+void i915_gem_fence_wait_priority(struct dma_fence *fence,
+				  const struct i915_sched_attr *attr);
+
 int i915_gem_object_wait(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			 unsigned int flags,
 			 long timeout);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_wait.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_wait.c
index c1b13ac50d0f9..4b9856d5ba14f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_wait.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_wait.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/dma-fence-array.h>
+#include <linux/dma-fence-chain.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 
 #include "gt/intel_engine.h"
@@ -44,8 +45,7 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_reservation(struct dma_resv *resv,
 		unsigned int count, i;
 		int ret;
 
-		ret = dma_resv_get_fences_rcu(resv,
-							&excl, &count, &shared);
+		ret = dma_resv_get_fences_rcu(resv, &excl, &count, &shared);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_reservation(struct dma_resv *resv,
 	return timeout;
 }
 
-static void __fence_set_priority(struct dma_fence *fence,
-				 const struct i915_sched_attr *attr)
+static void fence_set_priority(struct dma_fence *fence,
+			       const struct i915_sched_attr *attr)
 {
 	struct i915_request *rq;
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
@@ -103,27 +103,47 @@ static void __fence_set_priority(struct dma_fence *fence,
 	rq = to_request(fence);
 	engine = rq->engine;
 
-	local_bh_disable();
 	rcu_read_lock(); /* RCU serialisation for set-wedged protection */
 	if (engine->schedule)
 		engine->schedule(rq, attr);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	local_bh_enable(); /* kick the tasklets if queues were reprioritised */
 }
 
-static void fence_set_priority(struct dma_fence *fence,
-			       const struct i915_sched_attr *attr)
+static inline bool __dma_fence_is_chain(const struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	return fence->ops == &dma_fence_chain_ops;
+}
+
+void i915_gem_fence_wait_priority(struct dma_fence *fence,
+				  const struct i915_sched_attr *attr)
 {
+	if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
+		return;
+
+	local_bh_disable();
+
 	/* Recurse once into a fence-array */
 	if (dma_fence_is_array(fence)) {
 		struct dma_fence_array *array = to_dma_fence_array(fence);
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < array->num_fences; i++)
-			__fence_set_priority(array->fences[i], attr);
+			fence_set_priority(array->fences[i], attr);
+	} else if (__dma_fence_is_chain(fence)) {
+		struct dma_fence *iter;
+
+		/* The chain is ordered; if we boost the last, we boost all */
+		dma_fence_chain_for_each(iter, fence) {
+			fence_set_priority(to_dma_fence_chain(iter)->fence,
+					   attr);
+			break;
+		}
+		dma_fence_put(iter);
 	} else {
-		__fence_set_priority(fence, attr);
+		fence_set_priority(fence, attr);
 	}
+
+	local_bh_enable(); /* kick the tasklets if queues were reprioritised */
 }
 
 int
@@ -139,12 +159,12 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_priority(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		int ret;
 
 		ret = dma_resv_get_fences_rcu(obj->base.resv,
-							&excl, &count, &shared);
+					      &excl, &count, &shared);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-			fence_set_priority(shared[i], attr);
+			i915_gem_fence_wait_priority(shared[i], attr);
 			dma_fence_put(shared[i]);
 		}
 
@@ -154,7 +174,7 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_priority(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	}
 
 	if (excl) {
-		fence_set_priority(excl, attr);
+		i915_gem_fence_wait_priority(excl, attr);
 		dma_fence_put(excl);
 	}
 	return 0;