diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index b6c258c89290..aa3c7af54079 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -750,11 +750,20 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	ret = submit_lookup_objects(submit, args, file);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_pre_pm;
 
 	ret = submit_lookup_cmds(submit, args, file);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_pre_pm;
+
+	/*
+	 * Thanks to dev_pm_opp opp_table_lock interactions with mm->mmap_sem
+	 * in the resume path, we need to to rpm get before we lock objs.
+	 * Which unfortunately might involve powering up the GPU sooner than
+	 * is necessary.  But at least in the explicit fencing case, we will
+	 * have already done all the fence waiting.
+	 */
+	pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
 
 	/* copy_*_user while holding a ww ticket upsets lockdep */
 	ww_acquire_init(&submit->ticket, &reservation_ww_class);
@@ -831,6 +840,8 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 
 out:
+	pm_runtime_put(&gpu->pdev->dev);
+out_pre_pm:
 	submit_cleanup(submit);
 	if (has_ww_ticket)
 		ww_acquire_fini(&submit->ticket);