diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 338766c64c99..a05bb3891119 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -3115,6 +3115,8 @@ void __drm_atomic_helper_plane_duplicate_state(struct drm_plane *plane,
 
 	if (state->fb)
 		drm_framebuffer_reference(state->fb);
+
+	state->fence = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_plane_duplicate_state);