diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index fab97bc3215f..5c3f033ff928 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1777,13 +1777,6 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object {
 	 * Only honoured if hardware has relevant pte bit
 	 */
 	unsigned long gt_ro:1;
-
-	/*
-	 * Is the GPU currently using a fence to access this buffer,
-	 */
-	unsigned int pending_fenced_gpu_access:1;
-	unsigned int fenced_gpu_access:1;
-
 	unsigned int cache_level:3;
 
 	unsigned int has_aliasing_ppgtt_mapping:1;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 1ca2231e3929..3eec344bdac0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2161,8 +2161,6 @@ static void
 i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			       struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	u32 seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
 
 	BUG_ON(ring == NULL);
@@ -2181,19 +2179,6 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	list_move_tail(&obj->ring_list, &ring->active_list);
 
 	obj->last_read_seqno = seqno;
-
-	if (obj->fenced_gpu_access) {
-		obj->last_fenced_seqno = seqno;
-
-		/* 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);
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 void i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
@@ -2229,7 +2214,6 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_inactive(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	obj->base.write_domain = 0;
 
 	obj->last_fenced_seqno = 0;
-	obj->fenced_gpu_access = false;
 
 	obj->active = 0;
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
@@ -3174,7 +3158,6 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		obj->last_fenced_seqno = 0;
 	}
 
-	obj->fenced_gpu_access = false;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 6320a385841b..70946c551e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *entry = vma->exec_entry;
-	bool has_fenced_gpu_access = INTEL_INFO(ring->dev)->gen < 4;
 	uint64_t flags;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -560,17 +559,13 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
 
 	entry->flags |= __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_PIN;
 
-	if (has_fenced_gpu_access) {
-		if (entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE) {
-			ret = i915_gem_object_get_fence(obj);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
+	if (entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE) {
+		ret = i915_gem_object_get_fence(obj);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-			if (i915_gem_object_pin_fence(obj))
-				entry->flags |= __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_FENCE;
-
-			obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access = true;
-		}
+		if (i915_gem_object_pin_fence(obj))
+			entry->flags |= __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_FENCE;
 	}
 
 	if (entry->offset != vma->node.start) {
@@ -658,8 +653,9 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 		obj = vma->obj;
 		entry = vma->exec_entry;
 
+		if (!has_fenced_gpu_access)
+			entry->flags &= ~EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE;
 		need_fence =
-			has_fenced_gpu_access &&
 			entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE &&
 			obj->tiling_mode != I915_TILING_NONE;
 		need_mappable = need_fence || need_reloc_mappable(vma);
@@ -672,7 +668,6 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 
 		obj->base.pending_read_domains = I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS & ~I915_GEM_DOMAIN_COMMAND;
 		obj->base.pending_write_domain = 0;
-		obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access = false;
 	}
 	list_splice(&ordered_vmas, vmas);
 
@@ -959,9 +954,11 @@ static void
 i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
 				   struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
 {
+	u32 seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(vma, vmas, exec_list) {
+		struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *entry = vma->exec_entry;
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
 		u32 old_read = obj->base.read_domains;
 		u32 old_write = obj->base.write_domain;
@@ -970,18 +967,25 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
 		if (obj->base.write_domain == 0)
 			obj->base.pending_read_domains |= obj->base.read_domains;
 		obj->base.read_domains = obj->base.pending_read_domains;
-		obj->fenced_gpu_access = obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access;
 
 		i915_vma_move_to_active(vma, ring);
 		if (obj->base.write_domain) {
 			obj->dirty = 1;
-			obj->last_write_seqno = intel_ring_get_seqno(ring);
+			obj->last_write_seqno = seqno;
 
 			intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, ring);
 
 			/* update for the implicit flush after a batch */
 			obj->base.write_domain &= ~I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS;
 		}
+		if (entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE) {
+			obj->last_fenced_seqno = seqno;
+			if (entry->flags & __EXEC_OBJECT_HAS_FENCE) {
+				struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(ring->dev);
+				list_move_tail(&dev_priv->fence_regs[obj->fence_reg].lru_list,
+					       &dev_priv->mm.fence_list);
+			}
+		}
 
 		trace_i915_gem_object_change_domain(obj, old_read, old_write);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
index cb150e8b4336..7e623bf097a1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ i915_gem_set_tiling(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			obj->fence_dirty =
-				obj->fenced_gpu_access ||
+				obj->last_fenced_seqno ||
 				obj->fence_reg != I915_FENCE_REG_NONE;
 
 			obj->tiling_mode = args->tiling_mode;