diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
index ca826aeb41ea..a0675f57a398 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
@@ -206,16 +206,9 @@ int xe_sync_entry_parse(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_file *xef,
 
 int xe_sync_entry_add_deps(struct xe_sync_entry *sync, struct xe_sched_job *job)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	if (sync->fence) {
-		err = drm_sched_job_add_dependency(&job->drm,
-						   dma_fence_get(sync->fence));
-		if (err) {
-			dma_fence_put(sync->fence);
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
+	if (sync->fence)
+		return  drm_sched_job_add_dependency(&job->drm,
+						     dma_fence_get(sync->fence));
 
 	return 0;
 }