diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7d04c67dad13..5828c75e698c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 89d35807fb0fe53b84e88e759cc39107a6195e5f
+refs/heads/master: c7eff978e0868ccad1ecbefcc342f6709f9f4789
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
index 4ee5a74dac22..2e0a60328bd4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,14 @@ int r100_cp_init(struct radeon_device *rdev, unsigned ring_size)
 	}
 	ring->ready = true;
 	radeon_ttm_set_active_vram_size(rdev, rdev->mc.real_vram_size);
+
+	if (radeon_ring_supports_scratch_reg(rdev, ring)) {
+		r = radeon_scratch_get(rdev, &ring->rptr_save_reg);
+		if (r) {
+			DRM_ERROR("failed to get scratch reg for rptr save (%d).\n", r);
+			ring->rptr_save_reg = 0;
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1070,6 +1078,7 @@ void r100_cp_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	}
 	/* Disable ring */
 	r100_cp_disable(rdev);
+	radeon_scratch_free(rdev, rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX].rptr_save_reg);
 	radeon_ring_fini(rdev, &rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX]);
 	DRM_INFO("radeon: cp finalized\n");
 }
@@ -3661,6 +3670,12 @@ void r100_ring_ib_execute(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_ib *ib)
 {
 	struct radeon_ring *ring = &rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX];
 
+	if (ring->rptr_save_reg) {
+		u32 next_rptr = ring->wptr + 2 + 3;
+		radeon_ring_write(ring, PACKET0(ring->rptr_save_reg, 0));
+		radeon_ring_write(ring, next_rptr);
+	}
+
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, PACKET0(RADEON_CP_IB_BASE, 1));
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, ib->gpu_addr);
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, ib->length_dw);