diff --git a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
index be0b78fd..bb710269 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
@@ -1893,7 +1893,18 @@ bool CMonitor::attemptDirectScanout() {
     PSURFACE->presentFeedback(Time::steadyNow(), m_self.lock());
 
     m_output->state->addDamage(PSURFACE->m_current.accumulateBufferDamage());
-    m_output->state->resetExplicitFences();
+
+    // multigpu needs a fence to trigger fence syncing blits and also committing with the recreated dgpu fence
+    if (m_output->getBackend()->preferredAllocator()->drmFD() != g_pCompositor->m_drm.fd && g_pHyprOpenGL->explicitSyncSupported()) {
+        auto sync = CEGLSync::create();
+
+        if (sync->fd().isValid()) {
+            m_inFence = sync->takeFd();
+            m_output->state->setExplicitInFence(m_inFence.get());
+        } else
+            m_output->state->resetExplicitFences(); // good luck.
+    } else
+        m_output->state->resetExplicitFences();
 
     // no need to do explicit sync here as surface current can only ever be ready to read
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/MonitorFrameScheduler.cpp b/src/helpers/MonitorFrameScheduler.cpp
index 804eec1e..648e6dec 100644
--- a/src/helpers/MonitorFrameScheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/MonitorFrameScheduler.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CMonitorFrameScheduler::CMonitorFrameScheduler(PHLMONITOR m) : m_monitor(m) {
 bool CMonitorFrameScheduler::newSchedulingEnabled() {
     static auto PENABLENEW = CConfigValue<Hyprlang::INT>("render:new_render_scheduling");
 
-    return *PENABLENEW && g_pHyprOpenGL->explicitSyncSupported();
+    return *PENABLENEW && g_pHyprOpenGL->explicitSyncSupported() && m_monitor && !m_monitor->m_directScanoutIsActive;
 }
 
 void CMonitorFrameScheduler::onSyncFired() {