diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
index 6bacdb7583dfe3684f744a0334c9a22e7d020508..cd8a6fabc4e21f0fc467da977e10f18f4bf9c6df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #define VMW_FENCE_WRAP (1 << 31)
 
 struct vmw_fence_manager {
-	int num_fence_objects;
 	struct vmw_private *dev_priv;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct list_head fence_list;
@@ -113,13 +112,13 @@ static void vmw_fence_obj_destroy(struct dma_fence *f)
 {
 	struct vmw_fence_obj *fence =
 		container_of(f, struct vmw_fence_obj, base);
-
 	struct vmw_fence_manager *fman = fman_from_fence(fence);
 
-	spin_lock(&fman->lock);
-	list_del_init(&fence->head);
-	--fman->num_fence_objects;
-	spin_unlock(&fman->lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&fence->head)) {
+		spin_lock(&fman->lock);
+		list_del_init(&fence->head);
+		spin_unlock(&fman->lock);
+	}
 	fence->destroy(fence);
 }
 
@@ -353,7 +352,6 @@ static int vmw_fence_obj_init(struct vmw_fence_manager *fman,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	list_add_tail(&fence->head, &fman->fence_list);
-	++fman->num_fence_objects;
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&fman->lock);
@@ -402,7 +400,7 @@ static bool vmw_fence_goal_new_locked(struct vmw_fence_manager *fman,
 {
 	u32 goal_seqno;
 	u32 *fifo_mem;
-	struct vmw_fence_obj *fence;
+	struct vmw_fence_obj *fence, *next_fence;
 
 	if (likely(!fman->seqno_valid))
 		return false;
@@ -413,7 +411,7 @@ static bool vmw_fence_goal_new_locked(struct vmw_fence_manager *fman,
 		return false;
 
 	fman->seqno_valid = false;
-	list_for_each_entry(fence, &fman->fence_list, head) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(fence, next_fence, &fman->fence_list, head) {
 		if (!list_empty(&fence->seq_passed_actions)) {
 			fman->seqno_valid = true;
 			vmw_mmio_write(fence->base.seqno,