When EMI no Oshikatsu (FUJIWARA no Nakamaro) raised a rebellion, Makibi was promoted to Jusani (Junior Third Rank) to head a government army (a punitive force to search and kill a rebel) as Chue no daisho (Major Captain of the imperial guard) and succeeded in crushing the rebellion, after which Makibi was conferred 'Order of Second Class' in 765.
恵美押勝（藤原仲麻呂）が反乱を起こした際には、従三位に昇叙され、中衛大将として追討軍を指揮して乱鎮圧に功を挙げ（藤原仲麻呂の乱）、765年には勲二等を授けられた。