diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index e48e01e5c3e9..2e55d1cb888b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1543,16 +1543,19 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	list_move_tail(&obj->ring_list, &ring->active_list);
 
 	obj->last_rendering_seqno = seqno;
+
 	if (obj->fenced_gpu_access) {
-		struct drm_i915_fence_reg *reg;
-
-		BUG_ON(obj->fence_reg == I915_FENCE_REG_NONE);
-
 		obj->last_fenced_seqno = seqno;
 		obj->last_fenced_ring = ring;
 
-		reg = &dev_priv->fence_regs[obj->fence_reg];
-		list_move_tail(&reg->lru_list, &dev_priv->mm.fence_list);
+		/* Bump MRU to take account of the delayed flush */
+		if (obj->fence_reg != I915_FENCE_REG_NONE) {
+			struct drm_i915_fence_reg *reg;
+
+			reg = &dev_priv->fence_regs[obj->fence_reg];
+			list_move_tail(&reg->lru_list,
+				       &dev_priv->mm.fence_list);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index a6c2f7aa176b..12021984b910 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 					if (ret)
 						break;
 				}
-				obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access = need_fence;
+				obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access =
+					!!(entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE);
 			}
 
 			entry->offset = obj->gtt_offset;