return 0;
 }
 
+static void vmw_preclose(struct drm_device *dev,
+                        struct drm_file *file_priv)
+{
+       struct vmw_fpriv *vmw_fp = vmw_fpriv(file_priv);
+       struct vmw_private *dev_priv = vmw_priv(dev);
+
+       vmw_event_fence_fpriv_gone(dev_priv->fman, &vmw_fp->fence_events);
+}
+
 static void vmw_postclose(struct drm_device *dev,
                         struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
        if (unlikely(vmw_fp == NULL))
                return ret;
 
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vmw_fp->fence_events);
        vmw_fp->tfile = ttm_object_file_init(dev_priv->tdev, 10);
        if (unlikely(vmw_fp->tfile == NULL))
                goto out_no_tfile;
        .master_set = vmw_master_set,
        .master_drop = vmw_master_drop,
        .open = vmw_driver_open,
+       .preclose = vmw_preclose,
        .postclose = vmw_postclose,
        .fops = &vmwgfx_driver_fops,
        .name = VMWGFX_DRIVER_NAME,
 
  */
 struct vmw_event_fence_action {
        struct vmw_fence_action action;
+       struct list_head fpriv_head;
 
        struct drm_pending_event *event;
        struct vmw_fence_obj *fence;
                                         TTM_REF_USAGE);
 }
 
+/**
+ * vmw_event_fence_fpriv_gone - Remove references to struct drm_file objects
+ *
+ * @fman: Pointer to a struct vmw_fence_manager
+ * @event_list: Pointer to linked list of struct vmw_event_fence_action objects
+ * with pointers to a struct drm_file object about to be closed.
+ *
+ * This function removes all pending fence events with references to a
+ * specific struct drm_file object about to be closed. The caller is required
+ * to pass a list of all struct vmw_event_fence_action objects with such
+ * events attached. This function is typically called before the
+ * struct drm_file object's event management is taken down.
+ */
+void vmw_event_fence_fpriv_gone(struct vmw_fence_manager *fman,
+                               struct list_head *event_list)
+{
+       struct vmw_event_fence_action *eaction;
+       struct drm_pending_event *event;
+       unsigned long irq_flags;
+
+       while (1) {
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
+               if (list_empty(event_list))
+                       goto out_unlock;
+               eaction = list_first_entry(event_list,
+                                          struct vmw_event_fence_action,
+                                          fpriv_head);
+               list_del_init(&eaction->fpriv_head);
+               event = eaction->event;
+               eaction->event = NULL;
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
+               event->destroy(event);
+       }
+out_unlock:
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
+}
+
 
 /**
  * vmw_event_fence_action_seq_passed
        struct vmw_event_fence_action *eaction =
                container_of(action, struct vmw_event_fence_action, action);
        struct drm_device *dev = eaction->dev;
-       struct drm_file *file_priv = eaction->event->file_priv;
+       struct drm_pending_event *event = eaction->event;
+       struct drm_file *file_priv;
        unsigned long irq_flags;
 
+       if (unlikely(event == NULL))
+               return;
+
+       file_priv = event->file_priv;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, irq_flags);
 
        if (likely(eaction->tv_sec != NULL)) {
                *eaction->tv_usec = tv.tv_usec;
        }
 
+       list_del_init(&eaction->fpriv_head);
        list_add_tail(&eaction->event->link, &file_priv->event_list);
+       eaction->event = NULL;
        wake_up_all(&file_priv->event_wait);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, irq_flags);
 }
 {
        struct vmw_event_fence_action *eaction =
                container_of(action, struct vmw_event_fence_action, action);
+       struct vmw_fence_manager *fman = eaction->fence->fman;
+       unsigned long irq_flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
+       list_del(&eaction->fpriv_head);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
 
        vmw_fence_obj_unreference(&eaction->fence);
        kfree(eaction);
 {
        struct vmw_event_fence_action *eaction;
        struct vmw_fence_manager *fman = fence->fman;
-
+       struct vmw_fpriv *vmw_fp = vmw_fpriv(file_priv);
+       unsigned long irq_flags;
 
        eaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*eaction), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (unlikely(eaction == NULL))
        eaction->tv_sec = tv_sec;
        eaction->tv_usec = tv_usec;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
+       list_add_tail(&eaction->fpriv_head, &vmw_fp->fence_events);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fman->lock, irq_flags);
+
        vmw_fence_obj_add_action(fence, &eaction->action);
 
        return 0;