struct virtio_gpu_fence *fence,
                                         u32 ring_idx)
 {
-       struct virtio_gpu_fpriv *vfpriv = file->driver_priv;
        struct virtio_gpu_fence_event *e = NULL;
        int ret;
 
-       if (!(vfpriv->ring_idx_mask & BIT_ULL(ring_idx)))
-               return 0;
-
        e = kzalloc(sizeof(*e), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!e)
                return -ENOMEM;
        struct virtio_gpu_fpriv *vfpriv = file->driver_priv;
        struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev = dev->dev_private;
        struct virtio_gpu_fence *out_fence;
+       bool drm_fence_event;
        int err;
 
        memset(submit, 0, sizeof(*submit));
 
-       out_fence = virtio_gpu_fence_alloc(vgdev, fence_ctx, ring_idx);
-       if (!out_fence)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       err = virtio_gpu_fence_event_create(dev, file, out_fence, ring_idx);
-       if (err) {
-               dma_fence_put(&out_fence->f);
-               return err;
+       if ((exbuf->flags & VIRTGPU_EXECBUF_RING_IDX) &&
+           (vfpriv->ring_idx_mask & BIT_ULL(ring_idx)))
+               drm_fence_event = true;
+       else
+               drm_fence_event = false;
+
+       if ((exbuf->flags & VIRTGPU_EXECBUF_FENCE_FD_OUT) ||
+           exbuf->num_bo_handles ||
+           drm_fence_event)
+               out_fence = virtio_gpu_fence_alloc(vgdev, fence_ctx, ring_idx);
+       else
+               out_fence = NULL;
+
+       if (drm_fence_event) {
+               err = virtio_gpu_fence_event_create(dev, file, out_fence, ring_idx);
+               if (err) {
+                       dma_fence_put(&out_fence->f);
+                       return err;
+               }
        }
 
        submit->out_fence = out_fence;