diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
index c9786cd5dfe3..b964df51cec7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
@@ -354,14 +354,15 @@ i915_gem_set_tiling(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		/* We need to rebind the object if its current allocation
 		 * no longer meets the alignment restrictions for its new
 		 * tiling mode. Otherwise we can just leave it alone, but
-		 * need to ensure that any fence register is cleared.
+		 * need to ensure that any fence register is updated before
+		 * the next fenced (either through the GTT or by the BLT unit
+		 * on older GPUs) access.
 		 *
 		 * After updating the tiling parameters, we then flag whether
 		 * we need to update an associated fence register. Note this
 		 * has to also include the unfenced register the GPU uses
 		 * whilst executing a fenced command for an untiled object.
 		 */
-		i915_gem_release_mmap(obj);
 
 		obj->map_and_fenceable =
 			obj->gtt_space == NULL ||
@@ -385,6 +386,9 @@ i915_gem_set_tiling(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 			obj->tiling_mode = args->tiling_mode;
 			obj->stride = args->stride;
+
+			/* Force the fence to be reacquired for GTT access */
+			i915_gem_release_mmap(obj);
 		}
 	}
 	/* we have to maintain this existing ABI... */