i915_sw_fence_init(&rq->submit, submit_notify);
        i915_sw_fence_init(&rq->semaphore, semaphore_notify);
 
+       dma_fence_init(&rq->fence, &i915_fence_ops, &rq->lock, 0, 0);
+
        rq->file_priv = NULL;
        rq->capture_list = NULL;
 
                }
        }
 
-       ret = intel_timeline_get_seqno(tl, rq, &seqno);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err_free;
-
        rq->i915 = ce->engine->i915;
        rq->context = ce;
        rq->engine = ce->engine;
        rq->ring = ce->ring;
        rq->execution_mask = ce->engine->mask;
 
+       kref_init(&rq->fence.refcount);
+       rq->fence.flags = 0;
+       rq->fence.error = 0;
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->fence.cb_list);
+
+       ret = intel_timeline_get_seqno(tl, rq, &seqno);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err_free;
+
+       rq->fence.context = tl->fence_context;
+       rq->fence.seqno = seqno;
+
        RCU_INIT_POINTER(rq->timeline, tl);
        RCU_INIT_POINTER(rq->hwsp_cacheline, tl->hwsp_cacheline);
        rq->hwsp_seqno = tl->hwsp_seqno;
 
        rq->rcustate = get_state_synchronize_rcu(); /* acts as smp_mb() */
 
-       dma_fence_init(&rq->fence, &i915_fence_ops, &rq->lock,
-                      tl->fence_context, seqno);
-
        /* We bump the ref for the fence chain */
        i915_sw_fence_reinit(&i915_request_get(rq)->submit);
        i915_sw_fence_reinit(&i915_request_get(rq)->semaphore);