diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
index 7fd869520ef2..43e2d4f5fe3b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
@@ -123,6 +123,37 @@ static void drm_sched_fence_release_finished(struct dma_fence *f)
 	dma_fence_put(&fence->scheduled);
 }
 
+static void drm_sched_fence_set_deadline_finished(struct dma_fence *f,
+						  ktime_t deadline)
+{
+	struct drm_sched_fence *fence = to_drm_sched_fence(f);
+	struct dma_fence *parent;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fence->lock, flags);
+
+	/* If we already have an earlier deadline, keep it: */
+	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_HAS_DEADLINE_BIT, &f->flags) &&
+	    ktime_before(fence->deadline, deadline)) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fence->lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	fence->deadline = deadline;
+	set_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_HAS_DEADLINE_BIT, &f->flags);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fence->lock, flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * smp_load_aquire() to ensure that if we are racing another
+	 * thread calling drm_sched_fence_set_parent(), that we see
+	 * the parent set before it calls test_bit(HAS_DEADLINE_BIT)
+	 */
+	parent = smp_load_acquire(&fence->parent);
+	if (parent)
+		dma_fence_set_deadline(parent, deadline);
+}
+
 static const struct dma_fence_ops drm_sched_fence_ops_scheduled = {
 	.get_driver_name = drm_sched_fence_get_driver_name,
 	.get_timeline_name = drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name,
@@ -133,6 +164,7 @@ static const struct dma_fence_ops drm_sched_fence_ops_finished = {
 	.get_driver_name = drm_sched_fence_get_driver_name,
 	.get_timeline_name = drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name,
 	.release = drm_sched_fence_release_finished,
+	.set_deadline = drm_sched_fence_set_deadline_finished,
 };
 
 struct drm_sched_fence *to_drm_sched_fence(struct dma_fence *f)
@@ -147,6 +179,20 @@ struct drm_sched_fence *to_drm_sched_fence(struct dma_fence *f)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(to_drm_sched_fence);
 
+void drm_sched_fence_set_parent(struct drm_sched_fence *s_fence,
+				struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	/*
+	 * smp_store_release() to ensure another thread racing us
+	 * in drm_sched_fence_set_deadline_finished() sees the
+	 * fence's parent set before test_bit()
+	 */
+	smp_store_release(&s_fence->parent, dma_fence_get(fence));
+	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_HAS_DEADLINE_BIT,
+		     &s_fence->finished.flags))
+		dma_fence_set_deadline(fence, s_fence->deadline);
+}
+
 struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_alloc(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 					      void *owner)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 4e6ad6e122bc..007f98c48f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static int drm_sched_main(void *param)
 		drm_sched_fence_scheduled(s_fence);
 
 		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fence)) {
-			s_fence->parent = dma_fence_get(fence);
+			drm_sched_fence_set_parent(s_fence, fence);
 			/* Drop for original kref_init of the fence */
 			dma_fence_put(fence);
 
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 9db9e5e504ee..8b31a954a44d 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ struct drm_sched_fence {
          */
 	struct dma_fence		finished;
 
+	/**
+	 * @deadline: deadline set on &drm_sched_fence.finished which
+	 * potentially needs to be propagated to &drm_sched_fence.parent
+	 */
+	ktime_t				deadline;
+
         /**
          * @parent: the fence returned by &drm_sched_backend_ops.run_job
          * when scheduling the job on hardware. We signal the
@@ -568,6 +574,8 @@ void drm_sched_entity_set_priority(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 				   enum drm_sched_priority priority);
 bool drm_sched_entity_is_ready(struct drm_sched_entity *entity);
 
+void drm_sched_fence_set_parent(struct drm_sched_fence *s_fence,
+				struct dma_fence *fence);
 struct drm_sched_fence *drm_sched_fence_alloc(
 	struct drm_sched_entity *s_entity, void *owner);
 void drm_sched_fence_init(struct drm_sched_fence *fence,
