diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
index 5255278dde5603a6f13587b1276c0cbc8adc908d..2a377e8a70823a3d3efffeea206e5f89518bb306 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static struct drm_driver etnaviv_drm_driver = {
 	.desc               = "etnaviv DRM",
 	.date               = "20151214",
 	.major              = 1,
-	.minor              = 1,
+	.minor              = 2,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
index 5bd93169dac2059a0981cc2f24b8c9032447ba9e..d906bae60c54c626fa6eeac9366aa9ea9a49f586 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
  * Cmdstream submission:
  */
 
-#define BO_INVALID_FLAGS ~(ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_READ | ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE)
+#define BO_INVALID_FLAGS ~(		  \
+	ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_READ		| \
+	ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE		| \
+	ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT	| \
+	0)
 /* make sure these don't conflict w/ ETNAVIV_SUBMIT_BO_x */
 #define BO_LOCKED   0x4000
 #define BO_PINNED   0x2000
@@ -172,7 +176,8 @@ static int submit_fence_sync(const struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
 	for (i = 0; i < submit->nr_bos; i++) {
 		struct etnaviv_gem_object *etnaviv_obj = submit->bos[i].obj;
 		bool write = submit->bos[i].flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE;
-		bool explicit = !!(submit->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_NO_IMPLICIT);
+		bool explicit = !!(submit->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_NO_IMPLICIT) ||
+			!!(submit->bos[i].flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT);
 
 		ret = etnaviv_gpu_fence_sync_obj(etnaviv_obj, context, write,
 						 explicit);
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/etnaviv_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/etnaviv_drm.h
index 76f6f78a352bac46627025769c4e116529d62167..92d71cf6cd57ad28c10f12c36b3a10e017b2078d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/etnaviv_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/etnaviv_drm.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ struct drm_etnaviv_gem_submit_reloc {
  */
 #define ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_READ             0x0001
 #define ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE            0x0002
+#define ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT      0x0004
 struct drm_etnaviv_gem_submit_bo {
 	__u32 flags;          /* in, mask of ETNA_SUBMIT_BO_x */
 	__u32 handle;         /* in, GEM handle */