diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
index 8ea6c49529e7..6a22bc41c205 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sync.c
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ int amdgpu_sync_resv(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_sync *sync,
 
 		/* Never sync to VM updates either. */
 		if (fence_owner == AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_VM &&
-		    owner != AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_UNDEFINED)
+		    owner != AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_UNDEFINED &&
+	    owner != AMDGPU_FENCE_OWNER_KFD)
 			continue;
 
 		/* Ignore fences depending on the sync mode */