diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c
index 8f5655dfd83fb..4ec8d25a120cf 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(dbg_mask, "Driver debug mask. See IVPU_DBG_* macros.");
 
 int ivpu_test_mode;
 module_param_named_unsafe(test_mode, ivpu_test_mode, int, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_mode, "Test mode: 0 - normal operation, 1 - fw unit test, 2 - null hw");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_mode, "Test mode: 0 - disabled , 1 - fw unit test, 2 - null hw, 3 - null submission");
 
 u8 ivpu_pll_min_ratio;
 module_param_named(pll_min_ratio, ivpu_pll_min_ratio, byte, 0644);
diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.h b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.h
index 12a63f8a73e8a..fdec8272da8cf 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.h
@@ -147,9 +147,10 @@ extern u8 ivpu_pll_min_ratio;
 extern u8 ivpu_pll_max_ratio;
 extern bool ivpu_disable_mmu_cont_pages;
 
-#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_DISABLED  0
-#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_FW_TEST   1
-#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_NULL_HW   2
+#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_DISABLED        0
+#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_FW_TEST         1
+#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_NULL_HW         2
+#define IVPU_TEST_MODE_NULL_SUBMISSION 3
 extern int ivpu_test_mode;
 
 struct ivpu_file_priv *ivpu_file_priv_get(struct ivpu_file_priv *file_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c
index 689dc0d13b8fa..646b8f8129015 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_job.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static int ivpu_cmdq_push_job(struct ivpu_cmdq *cmdq, struct ivpu_job *job)
 	entry->batch_buf_addr = job->cmd_buf_vpu_addr;
 	entry->job_id = job->job_id;
 	entry->flags = 0;
+	if (unlikely(ivpu_test_mode == IVPU_TEST_MODE_NULL_SUBMISSION))
+		entry->flags = VPU_JOB_FLAGS_NULL_SUBMISSION_MASK;
 	wmb(); /* Ensure that tail is updated after filling entry */
 	header->tail = next_entry;
 	wmb(); /* Flush WC buffer for jobq header */