}
 
 static int amdgpu_vcn_dec_get_create_msg(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, uint32_t handle,
-                             struct dma_fence **fence)
+                                        struct amdgpu_bo **bo)
 {
        struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
-       struct amdgpu_bo *bo = NULL;
        uint32_t *msg;
        int r, i;
 
+       *bo = NULL;
        r = amdgpu_bo_create_reserved(adev, 1024, PAGE_SIZE,
                                      AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM,
-                                     &bo, NULL, (void **)&msg);
+                                     bo, NULL, (void **)&msg);
        if (r)
                return r;
 
        for (i = 14; i < 1024; ++i)
                msg[i] = cpu_to_le32(0x0);
 
-       return amdgpu_vcn_dec_send_msg(ring, bo, fence);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int amdgpu_vcn_dec_get_destroy_msg(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, uint32_t handle,
-                              struct dma_fence **fence)
+                                         struct amdgpu_bo **bo)
 {
        struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
-       struct amdgpu_bo *bo = NULL;
        uint32_t *msg;
        int r, i;
 
+       *bo = NULL;
        r = amdgpu_bo_create_reserved(adev, 1024, PAGE_SIZE,
                                      AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM,
-                                     &bo, NULL, (void **)&msg);
+                                     bo, NULL, (void **)&msg);
        if (r)
                return r;
 
        for (i = 6; i < 1024; ++i)
                msg[i] = cpu_to_le32(0x0);
 
-       return amdgpu_vcn_dec_send_msg(ring, bo, fence);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 int amdgpu_vcn_dec_ring_test_ib(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, long timeout)
 {
-       struct dma_fence *fence;
+       struct dma_fence *fence = NULL;
+       struct amdgpu_bo *bo;
        long r;
 
-       r = amdgpu_vcn_dec_get_create_msg(ring, 1, NULL);
+       r = amdgpu_vcn_dec_get_create_msg(ring, 1, &bo);
+       if (r)
+               goto error;
+
+       r = amdgpu_vcn_dec_send_msg(ring, bo, NULL);
+       if (r)
+               goto error;
+       r = amdgpu_vcn_dec_get_destroy_msg(ring, 1, &bo);
        if (r)
                goto error;
 
-       r = amdgpu_vcn_dec_get_destroy_msg(ring, 1, &fence);
+       r = amdgpu_vcn_dec_send_msg(ring, bo, &fence);
        if (r)
                goto error;