{
        struct drm_xe_sync sync_in;
        int err;
+       bool signal;
 
        if (copy_from_user(&sync_in, sync_user, sizeof(*sync_user)))
                return -EFAULT;
                         ~(SYNC_FLAGS_TYPE_MASK | DRM_XE_SYNC_SIGNAL)))
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       signal = sync_in.flags & DRM_XE_SYNC_SIGNAL;
        switch (sync_in.flags & SYNC_FLAGS_TYPE_MASK) {
        case DRM_XE_SYNC_SYNCOBJ:
-               if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, no_dma_fences))
+               if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, no_dma_fences && signal))
                        return -ENOTSUPP;
 
                if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, upper_32_bits(sync_in.addr)))
                if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, !sync->syncobj))
                        return -ENOENT;
 
-               if (!(sync_in.flags & DRM_XE_SYNC_SIGNAL)) {
+               if (!signal) {
                        sync->fence = drm_syncobj_fence_get(sync->syncobj);
                        if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, !sync->fence))
                                return -EINVAL;
                break;
 
        case DRM_XE_SYNC_TIMELINE_SYNCOBJ:
-               if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, no_dma_fences))
+               if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, no_dma_fences && signal))
                        return -ENOTSUPP;
 
                if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, upper_32_bits(sync_in.addr)))
                if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, !sync->syncobj))
                        return -ENOENT;
 
-               if (sync_in.flags & DRM_XE_SYNC_SIGNAL) {
+               if (signal) {
                        sync->chain_fence = dma_fence_chain_alloc();
                        if (!sync->chain_fence)
                                return -ENOMEM;
                break;
 
        case DRM_XE_SYNC_USER_FENCE:
-               if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, !(sync_in.flags & DRM_XE_SYNC_SIGNAL)))
+               if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, !signal))
                        return -ENOTSUPP;
 
                if (XE_IOCTL_ERR(xe, sync_in.addr & 0x7))