diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
index 8b2becd1aa07..a5ff9458d359 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ static void amd_sched_entity_wakeup(struct fence *f, struct fence_cb *cb)
 	amd_sched_wakeup(entity->sched);
 }
 
+static void amd_sched_entity_clear_dep(struct fence *f, struct fence_cb *cb)
+{
+	struct amd_sched_entity *entity =
+		container_of(cb, struct amd_sched_entity, cb);
+	entity->dependency = NULL;
+	fence_put(f);
+}
+
 static bool amd_sched_entity_add_dependency_cb(struct amd_sched_entity *entity)
 {
 	struct amd_gpu_scheduler *sched = entity->sched;
@@ -251,7 +259,7 @@ static bool amd_sched_entity_add_dependency_cb(struct amd_sched_entity *entity)
 		}
 
 		/* Wait for fence to be scheduled */
-		entity->cb.func = amd_sched_entity_wakeup;
+		entity->cb.func = amd_sched_entity_clear_dep;
 		list_add_tail(&entity->cb.node, &s_fence->scheduled_cb);
 		return true;
 	}