}
 
        r = amdgpu_sync_fence(&p->gang_leader->sync, fence);
-       dma_fence_put(fence);
+       if (r)
+               goto error;
+
+       /*
+        * When we have an explicit dependency it might be necessary to insert a
+        * pipeline sync to make sure that all caches etc are flushed and the
+        * next job actually sees the results from the previous one.
+        */
+       if (fence->context == p->gang_leader->base.entity->fence_context)
+               r = amdgpu_sync_fence(&p->gang_leader->explicit_sync, fence);
 
+error:
+       dma_fence_put(fence);
        return r;
 }
 
 
 
        need_ctx_switch = ring->current_ctx != fence_ctx;
        if (ring->funcs->emit_pipeline_sync && job &&
-           ((tmp = amdgpu_sync_get_fence(&job->sched_sync)) ||
+           ((tmp = amdgpu_sync_get_fence(&job->explicit_sync)) ||
             (amdgpu_sriov_vf(adev) && need_ctx_switch) ||
             amdgpu_vm_need_pipeline_sync(ring, job))) {
                need_pipe_sync = true;
 
        (*job)->vm = vm;
 
        amdgpu_sync_create(&(*job)->sync);
-       amdgpu_sync_create(&(*job)->sched_sync);
+       amdgpu_sync_create(&(*job)->explicit_sync);
        (*job)->vram_lost_counter = atomic_read(&adev->vram_lost_counter);
        (*job)->vm_pd_addr = AMDGPU_BO_INVALID_OFFSET;
 
        drm_sched_job_cleanup(s_job);
 
        amdgpu_sync_free(&job->sync);
-       amdgpu_sync_free(&job->sched_sync);
+       amdgpu_sync_free(&job->explicit_sync);
 
        dma_fence_put(&job->hw_fence);
 }
 
        amdgpu_job_free_resources(job);
        amdgpu_sync_free(&job->sync);
-       amdgpu_sync_free(&job->sched_sync);
+       amdgpu_sync_free(&job->explicit_sync);
        if (job->gang_submit != &job->base.s_fence->scheduled)
                dma_fence_put(job->gang_submit);
 
        int r;
 
        fence = amdgpu_sync_get_fence(&job->sync);
-       if (fence && drm_sched_dependency_optimized(fence, s_entity)) {
-               r = amdgpu_sync_fence(&job->sched_sync, fence);
-               if (r)
-                       DRM_ERROR("Error adding fence (%d)\n", r);
-       }
-
        while (!fence && job->vm && !job->vmid) {
                r = amdgpu_vmid_grab(job->vm, ring, job, &fence);
                if (r)
 
        struct drm_sched_job    base;
        struct amdgpu_vm        *vm;
        struct amdgpu_sync      sync;
-       struct amdgpu_sync      sched_sync;
+       struct amdgpu_sync      explicit_sync;
        struct dma_fence        hw_fence;
        struct dma_fence        *gang_submit;
        uint32_t                preamble_status;