diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index d8817b4bb189..8442bfbf5d42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -485,15 +485,8 @@ nouveau_bo_move_accel_cleanup(struct nouveau_channel *chan,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (nvbo->channel) {
-		ret = nouveau_fence_sync(fence, nvbo->channel);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
 	ret = ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup(&nvbo->bo, fence, NULL, evict,
 					no_wait_reserve, no_wait_gpu, new_mem);
-out:
 	nouveau_fence_unref((void *)&fence);
 	return ret;
 }