diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..628af51c81af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * dma-fence-util: misc functions for dma_fence objects
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+ * Authors:
+ *	Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/dma-fence.h>
+#include <linux/dma-fence-array.h>
+#include <linux/dma-fence-chain.h>
+#include <linux/dma-fence-unwrap.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+/* Internal helper to start new array iteration, don't use directly */
+static struct dma_fence *
+__dma_fence_unwrap_array(struct dma_fence_unwrap *cursor)
+{
+	cursor->array = dma_fence_chain_contained(cursor->chain);
+	cursor->index = 0;
+	return dma_fence_array_first(cursor->array);
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_unwrap_first - return the first fence from fence containers
+ * @head: the entrypoint into the containers
+ * @cursor: current position inside the containers
+ *
+ * Unwraps potential dma_fence_chain/dma_fence_array containers and return the
+ * first fence.
+ */
+struct dma_fence *dma_fence_unwrap_first(struct dma_fence *head,
+					 struct dma_fence_unwrap *cursor)
+{
+	cursor->chain = dma_fence_get(head);
+	return __dma_fence_unwrap_array(cursor);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_fence_unwrap_first);
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_unwrap_next - return the next fence from a fence containers
+ * @cursor: current position inside the containers
+ *
+ * Continue unwrapping the dma_fence_chain/dma_fence_array containers and return
+ * the next fence from them.
+ */
+struct dma_fence *dma_fence_unwrap_next(struct dma_fence_unwrap *cursor)
+{
+	struct dma_fence *tmp;
+
+	++cursor->index;
+	tmp = dma_fence_array_next(cursor->array, cursor->index);
+	if (tmp)
+		return tmp;
+
+	cursor->chain = dma_fence_chain_walk(cursor->chain);
+	return __dma_fence_unwrap_array(cursor);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_fence_unwrap_next);
+
+/* Implementation for the dma_fence_merge() marco, don't use directly */
+struct dma_fence *__dma_fence_unwrap_merge(unsigned int num_fences,
+					   struct dma_fence **fences,
+					   struct dma_fence_unwrap *iter)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_array *result;
+	struct dma_fence *tmp, **array;
+	ktime_t timestamp;
+	unsigned int i;
+	size_t count;
+
+	count = 0;
+	timestamp = ns_to_ktime(0);
+	for (i = 0; i < num_fences; ++i) {
+		dma_fence_unwrap_for_each(tmp, &iter[i], fences[i]) {
+			if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(tmp)) {
+				++count;
+			} else {
+				ktime_t t = dma_fence_timestamp(tmp);
+
+				if (ktime_after(t, timestamp))
+					timestamp = t;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we couldn't find a pending fence just return a private signaled
+	 * fence with the timestamp of the last signaled one.
+	 */
+	if (count == 0)
+		return dma_fence_allocate_private_stub(timestamp);
+
+	array = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*array), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!array)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This trashes the input fence array and uses it as position for the
+	 * following merge loop. This works because the dma_fence_merge()
+	 * wrapper macro is creating this temporary array on the stack together
+	 * with the iterators.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < num_fences; ++i)
+		fences[i] = dma_fence_unwrap_first(fences[i], &iter[i]);
+
+	count = 0;
+	do {
+		unsigned int sel;
+
+restart:
+		tmp = NULL;
+		for (i = 0; i < num_fences; ++i) {
+			struct dma_fence *next;
+
+			while (fences[i] && dma_fence_is_signaled(fences[i]))
+				fences[i] = dma_fence_unwrap_next(&iter[i]);
+
+			next = fences[i];
+			if (!next)
+				continue;
+
+			/*
+			 * We can't guarantee that inpute fences are ordered by
+			 * context, but it is still quite likely when this
+			 * function is used multiple times. So attempt to order
+			 * the fences by context as we pass over them and merge
+			 * fences with the same context.
+			 */
+			if (!tmp || tmp->context > next->context) {
+				tmp = next;
+				sel = i;
+
+			} else if (tmp->context < next->context) {
+				continue;
+
+			} else if (dma_fence_is_later(tmp, next)) {
+				fences[i] = dma_fence_unwrap_next(&iter[i]);
+				goto restart;
+			} else {
+				fences[sel] = dma_fence_unwrap_next(&iter[sel]);
+				goto restart;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (tmp) {
+			array[count++] = dma_fence_get(tmp);
+			fences[sel] = dma_fence_unwrap_next(&iter[sel]);
+		}
+	} while (tmp);
+
+	if (count == 0) {
+		tmp = dma_fence_allocate_private_stub(ktime_get());
+		goto return_tmp;
+	}
+
+	if (count == 1) {
+		tmp = array[0];
+		goto return_tmp;
+	}
+
+	result = dma_fence_array_create(count, array,
+					dma_fence_context_alloc(1),
+					1, false);
+	if (!result) {
+		tmp = NULL;
+		goto return_tmp;
+	}
+	return &result->base;
+
+return_tmp:
+	kfree(array);
+	return tmp;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__dma_fence_unwrap_merge);
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sync_file.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sync_file.c
index 394e6e1e9686..875ae4b3b047 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/sync_file.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sync_file.c
@@ -384,13 +384,10 @@ static int sync_fill_fence_info(struct dma_fence *fence,
 		sizeof(info->driver_name));
 
 	info->status = dma_fence_get_status(fence);
-	while (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags) &&
-	       !test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_BIT, &fence->flags))
-		cpu_relax();
 	info->timestamp_ns =
-		test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_BIT, &fence->flags) ?
-		ktime_to_ns(fence->timestamp) :
-		ktime_set(0, 0);
+		dma_fence_is_signaled(fence) ?
+			ktime_to_ns(dma_fence_timestamp(fence)) :
+			ktime_set(0, 0);
 
 	return info->status;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 67382621b429..e827e8a83c4e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -698,8 +698,7 @@ drm_sched_get_cleanup_job(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 						typeof(*next), list);
 		if (next)
 			next->s_fence->scheduled.timestamp =
-				job->s_fence->finished.timestamp;
-
+				dma_fence_timestamp(&job->s_fence->finished);
 	} else {
 		job = NULL;
 		/* queue timeout for next job */
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
index 6ffb4b2c6371..9d276655cc25 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
@@ -551,6 +551,25 @@ static inline void dma_fence_set_error(struct dma_fence *fence,
 	fence->error = error;
 }
 
+/**
+ * dma_fence_timestamp - helper to get the completion timestamp of a fence
+ * @fence: fence to get the timestamp from.
+ *
+ * After a fence is signaled the timestamp is updated with the signaling time,
+ * but setting the timestamp can race with tasks waiting for the signaling. This
+ * helper busy waits for the correct timestamp to appear.
+ */
+static inline ktime_t dma_fence_timestamp(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags)))
+		return ktime_get();
+
+	while (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_BIT, &fence->flags))
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	return fence->timestamp;
+}
+
 signed long dma_fence_wait_timeout(struct dma_fence *,
 				   bool intr, signed long timeout);
 signed long dma_fence_wait_any_timeout(struct dma_fence **fences,