diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_fence.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_fence.h
index 523c2611ef5d..cfe5fd603787 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_fence.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_fence.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "xe_hw_fence_types.h"
 
-#define XE_FENCE_INITIAL_SEQNO 1
+/* Cause an early wrap to catch wrapping errors */
+#define XE_FENCE_INITIAL_SEQNO (-127)
 
 int xe_hw_fence_module_init(void);
 void xe_hw_fence_module_exit(void);