diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
index d9579bf5002d..62496a4008d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ int xe_vm_bind_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 	for (num_syncs = 0; num_syncs < args->num_syncs; num_syncs++) {
 		err = xe_sync_entry_parse(xe, xef, &syncs[num_syncs],
 					  &syncs_user[num_syncs], false,
-					  xe_vm_no_dma_fences(vm));
+					  xe_vm_in_fault_mode(vm));
 		if (err)
 			goto free_syncs;
 	}