diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
index 8dc93863bf96cf26921e0885295a64cf5ea633d8..b5e8ce86dbe7383f0e23689f11e36496c02e9cbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int submit_fence_sync(struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
 			continue;
 
 		if (bo->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE) {
-			ret = dma_resv_get_fences(robj, &bo->excl,
+			ret = dma_resv_get_fences(robj, NULL,
 						  &bo->nr_shared,
 						  &bo->shared);
 			if (ret)