diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
index 1ffaef5ec5ff..79904f55c19f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ panfrost_copy_in_sync(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
 
-		ret = drm_gem_fence_array_add(&job->deps, fence);
+		ret = drm_sched_job_await_fence(&job->base, fence);
 
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int panfrost_ioctl_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_panfrost_submit *args = data;
 	struct drm_syncobj *sync_out = NULL;
 	struct panfrost_job *job;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, slot;
 
 	if (!args->jc)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -258,14 +258,20 @@ static int panfrost_ioctl_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	kref_init(&job->refcount);
 
-	xa_init_flags(&job->deps, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
-
 	job->pfdev = pfdev;
 	job->jc = args->jc;
 	job->requirements = args->requirements;
 	job->flush_id = panfrost_gpu_get_latest_flush_id(pfdev);
 	job->file_priv = file->driver_priv;
 
+	slot = panfrost_job_get_slot(job);
+
+	ret = drm_sched_job_init(&job->base,
+				 &job->file_priv->sched_entity[slot],
+				 NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail_job;
+
 	ret = panfrost_copy_in_sync(dev, file, args, job);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_job;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
index 2d01a670a4e8..d097e52f8caa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static struct dma_fence *panfrost_fence_create(struct panfrost_device *pfdev, in
 	return &fence->base;
 }
 
-static int panfrost_job_get_slot(struct panfrost_job *job)
+int panfrost_job_get_slot(struct panfrost_job *job)
 {
 	/* JS0: fragment jobs.
 	 * JS1: vertex/tiler jobs
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ static void panfrost_job_hw_submit(struct panfrost_job *job, int js)
 
 static int panfrost_acquire_object_fences(struct drm_gem_object **bos,
 					  int bo_count,
-					  struct xarray *deps)
+					  struct drm_sched_job *job)
 {
 	int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bo_count; i++) {
 		/* panfrost always uses write mode in its current uapi */
-		ret = drm_gem_fence_array_add_implicit(deps, bos[i], true);
+		ret = drm_sched_job_await_implicit(job, bos[i], true);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -225,31 +225,21 @@ static void panfrost_attach_object_fences(struct drm_gem_object **bos,
 int panfrost_job_push(struct panfrost_job *job)
 {
 	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = job->pfdev;
-	int slot = panfrost_job_get_slot(job);
-	struct drm_sched_entity *entity = &job->file_priv->sched_entity[slot];
 	struct ww_acquire_ctx acquire_ctx;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-
 	ret = drm_gem_lock_reservations(job->bos, job->bo_count,
 					    &acquire_ctx);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&pfdev->sched_lock);
-
-	ret = drm_sched_job_init(&job->base, entity, NULL);
-	if (ret) {
-		mutex_unlock(&pfdev->sched_lock);
-		goto unlock;
-	}
-
 	drm_sched_job_arm(&job->base);
 
 	job->render_done_fence = dma_fence_get(&job->base.s_fence->finished);
 
 	ret = panfrost_acquire_object_fences(job->bos, job->bo_count,
-					     &job->deps);
+					     &job->base);
 	if (ret) {
 		mutex_unlock(&pfdev->sched_lock);
 		goto unlock;
@@ -274,15 +264,8 @@ static void panfrost_job_cleanup(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct panfrost_job *job = container_of(ref, struct panfrost_job,
 						refcount);
-	struct dma_fence *fence;
-	unsigned long index;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	xa_for_each(&job->deps, index, fence) {
-		dma_fence_put(fence);
-	}
-	xa_destroy(&job->deps);
-
 	dma_fence_put(job->done_fence);
 	dma_fence_put(job->render_done_fence);
 
@@ -321,17 +304,6 @@ static void panfrost_job_free(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 	panfrost_job_put(job);
 }
 
-static struct dma_fence *panfrost_job_dependency(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job,
-						 struct drm_sched_entity *s_entity)
-{
-	struct panfrost_job *job = to_panfrost_job(sched_job);
-
-	if (!xa_empty(&job->deps))
-		return xa_erase(&job->deps, job->last_dep++);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static struct dma_fence *panfrost_job_run(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 {
 	struct panfrost_job *job = to_panfrost_job(sched_job);
@@ -457,7 +429,6 @@ static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat panfrost_job_timedout(struct drm_sched_job
 }
 
 static const struct drm_sched_backend_ops panfrost_sched_ops = {
-	.dependency = panfrost_job_dependency,
 	.run_job = panfrost_job_run,
 	.timedout_job = panfrost_job_timedout,
 	.free_job = panfrost_job_free
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.h
index 82306a03b57e..77e6d0e6f612 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.h
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ struct panfrost_job {
 	struct panfrost_device *pfdev;
 	struct panfrost_file_priv *file_priv;
 
-	/* Contains both explicit and implicit fences */
-	struct xarray deps;
-	unsigned long last_dep;
-
 	/* Fence to be signaled by IRQ handler when the job is complete. */
 	struct dma_fence *done_fence;
 
@@ -42,6 +38,7 @@ int panfrost_job_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
 void panfrost_job_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
 int panfrost_job_open(struct panfrost_file_priv *panfrost_priv);
 void panfrost_job_close(struct panfrost_file_priv *panfrost_priv);
+int panfrost_job_get_slot(struct panfrost_job *job);
 int panfrost_job_push(struct panfrost_job *job);
 void panfrost_job_put(struct panfrost_job *job);
 void panfrost_job_enable_interrupts(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
