diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c
index 7bf9679e93d..54f1592ecba 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ handle_rgba_blit(struct fd_context *ctx, const struct pipe_blit_info *info)
 	if (!can_do_blit(info))
 		return false;
 
-	fd_fence_ref(&ctx->last_fence, NULL);
-
 	batch = fd_bc_alloc_batch(&ctx->screen->batch_cache, ctx, true);
 
 	fd6_emit_restore(batch, batch->draw);
@@ -648,6 +646,12 @@ handle_rgba_blit(struct fd_context *ctx, const struct pipe_blit_info *info)
 
 	fd_screen_unlock(ctx->screen);
 
+	/* Clearing last_fence must come after the batch dependency tracking
+	 * (resource_read()/resource_write()), as that can trigger a flush,
+	 * re-populating last_fence
+	 */
+	fd_fence_ref(&ctx->last_fence, NULL);
+
 	fd_batch_set_stage(batch, FD_STAGE_BLIT);
 
 	fd_log_stream(batch, stream, util_dump_blit_info(stream, info));
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_draw.c
index d3d68a14131..5378e598047 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_draw.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ fd_draw_vbo(struct pipe_context *pctx, const struct pipe_draw_info *info)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	fd_fence_ref(&ctx->last_fence, NULL);
-
 	/* Upload a user index buffer. */
 	struct pipe_resource *indexbuf = NULL;
 	unsigned index_offset = 0;
@@ -285,6 +283,12 @@ fd_draw_vbo(struct pipe_context *pctx, const struct pipe_draw_info *info)
 	/* and any buffers used, need to be resolved: */
 	batch->resolve |= buffers;
 
+	/* Clearing last_fence must come after the batch dependency tracking
+	 * (resource_read()/resource_written()), as that can trigger a flush,
+	 * re-populating last_fence
+	 */
+	fd_fence_ref(&ctx->last_fence, NULL);
+
 	DBG("%p: %x %ux%u num_draws=%u (%s/%s)", batch, buffers,
 		pfb->width, pfb->height, batch->num_draws,
 		util_format_short_name(pipe_surface_format(pfb->cbufs[0])),
@@ -321,8 +325,6 @@ fd_clear(struct pipe_context *pctx, unsigned buffers, const struct pipe_scissor_
 	if (!fd_render_condition_check(pctx))
 		return;
 
-	fd_fence_ref(&ctx->last_fence, NULL);
-
 	if (ctx->in_discard_blit) {
 		fd_batch_reset(batch);
 		fd_context_all_dirty(ctx);
@@ -369,6 +371,12 @@ fd_clear(struct pipe_context *pctx, unsigned buffers, const struct pipe_scissor_
 
 	fd_screen_unlock(ctx->screen);
 
+	/* Clearing last_fence must come after the batch dependency tracking
+	 * (resource_read()/resource_written()), as that can trigger a flush,
+	 * re-populating last_fence
+	 */
+	fd_fence_ref(&ctx->last_fence, NULL);
+
 	DBG("%p: %x %ux%u depth=%f, stencil=%u (%s/%s)", batch, buffers,
 		pfb->width, pfb->height, depth, stencil,
 		util_format_short_name(pipe_surface_format(pfb->cbufs[0])),