--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
@@ -316,7 +316,18 @@ void i915_vma_revoke_fence(struct i915_v
 	WRITE_ONCE(fence->vma, NULL);
 	vma->fence = NULL;
 
-	with_intel_runtime_pm_if_in_use(fence_to_uncore(fence)->rpm, wakeref)
+	/*
+	 * Skip the write to HW if and only if the device is currently
+	 * suspended.
+	 *
+	 * If the driver does not currently hold a wakeref (if_in_use == 0),
+	 * the device may currently be runtime suspended, or it may be woken
+	 * up before the suspend takes place. If the device is not suspended
+	 * (powered down) and we skip clearing the fence register, the HW is
+	 * left in an undefined state where we may end up with multiple
+	 * registers overlapping.
+	 */
+	with_intel_runtime_pm_if_active(fence_to_uncore(fence)->rpm, wakeref)
 		fence_write(fence);
 }
 
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
@@ -412,12 +412,20 @@ intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get(str
 }
 
 /**
- * intel_runtime_pm_get_if_in_use - grab a runtime pm reference if device in use
+ * __intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active - grab a runtime pm reference if device is active
  * @rpm: the intel_runtime_pm structure
+ * @ignore_usecount: get a ref even if dev->power.usage_count is 0
  *
  * This function grabs a device-level runtime pm reference if the device is
- * already in use and ensures that it is powered up. It is illegal to try
- * and access the HW should intel_runtime_pm_get_if_in_use() report failure.
+ * already active and ensures that it is powered up. It is illegal to try
+ * and access the HW should intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active() report failure.
+ *
+ * If @ignore_usecount=true, a reference will be acquired even if there is no
+ * user requiring the device to be powered up (dev->power.usage_count == 0).
+ * If the function returns false in this case then it's guaranteed that the
+ * device's runtime suspend hook has been called already or that it will be
+ * called (and hence it's also guaranteed that the device's runtime resume
+ * hook will be called eventually).
  *
  * Any runtime pm reference obtained by this function must have a symmetric
  * call to intel_runtime_pm_put() to release the reference again.
@@ -425,7 +433,8 @@ intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get(str
  * Returns: the wakeref cookie to pass to intel_runtime_pm_put(), evaluates
  * as True if the wakeref was acquired, or False otherwise.
  */
-intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_in_use(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm)
+static intel_wakeref_t __intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm,
+							bool ignore_usecount)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PM)) {
 		/*
@@ -434,7 +443,7 @@ intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_
 		 * function, since the power state is undefined. This applies
 		 * atm to the late/early system suspend/resume handlers.
 		 */
-		if (pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(rpm->kdev) <= 0)
+		if (pm_runtime_get_if_active(rpm->kdev, ignore_usecount) <= 0)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -443,6 +452,16 @@ intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_
 	return track_intel_runtime_pm_wakeref(rpm);
 }
 
+intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_in_use(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm)
+{
+	return __intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(rpm, false);
+}
+
+intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm)
+{
+	return __intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(rpm, true);
+}
+
 /**
  * intel_runtime_pm_get_noresume - grab a runtime pm reference
  * @rpm: the intel_runtime_pm structure
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ void intel_runtime_pm_driver_release(str
 
 intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm);
 intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_in_use(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm);
+intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm);
 intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_noresume(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm);
 intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_raw(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm);
 
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ intel_wakeref_t intel_runtime_pm_get_raw
 	for ((wf) = intel_runtime_pm_get_if_in_use(rpm); (wf); \
 	     intel_runtime_pm_put((rpm), (wf)), (wf) = 0)
 
+#define with_intel_runtime_pm_if_active(rpm, wf) \
+	for ((wf) = intel_runtime_pm_get_if_active(rpm); (wf); \
+	     intel_runtime_pm_put((rpm), (wf)), (wf) = 0)
+
 void intel_runtime_pm_put_unchecked(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_RUNTIME_PM)
 void intel_runtime_pm_put(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm, intel_wakeref_t wref);
