diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
index d94b13a..83599f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
@@ -91,28 +91,29 @@
  * amdgpu_fence_emit - emit a fence on the requested ring
  *
  * @ring: ring the fence is associated with
- * @fence: amdgpu fence object
+ * @f: resulting fence object
  *
  * Emits a fence command on the requested ring (all asics).
  * Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM on failure.
  */
-int amdgpu_fence_emit(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, struct amdgpu_fence **fence)
+int amdgpu_fence_emit(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, struct fence **f)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
+	struct amdgpu_fence *fence;
 
-	*fence = kmem_cache_alloc(amdgpu_fence_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if ((*fence) == NULL) {
+	fence = kmem_cache_alloc(amdgpu_fence_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (fence == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	(*fence)->seq = ++ring->fence_drv.sync_seq;
-	(*fence)->ring = ring;
-	fence_init(&(*fence)->base, &amdgpu_fence_ops,
-		&ring->fence_drv.fence_queue.lock,
-		adev->fence_context + ring->idx,
-		(*fence)->seq);
+
+	fence->seq = ++ring->fence_drv.sync_seq;
+	fence->ring = ring;
+	fence_init(&fence->base, &amdgpu_fence_ops,
+		   &ring->fence_drv.fence_queue.lock,
+		   adev->fence_context + ring->idx,
+		   fence->seq);
 	amdgpu_ring_emit_fence(ring, ring->fence_drv.gpu_addr,
-			       (*fence)->seq,
-			       AMDGPU_FENCE_FLAG_INT);
+			       fence->seq, AMDGPU_FENCE_FLAG_INT);
+	*f = &fence->base;
 	return 0;
 }