diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
index 9b8169761ec5b..c8d67d62ca3f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct kfd_smi_client {
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	pid_t pid;
 	bool suser;
+	u32 drop_count;
 };
 
 #define KFD_MAX_KFIFO_SIZE	8192
@@ -103,12 +104,28 @@ static ssize_t kfd_smi_ev_read(struct file *filep, char __user *user,
 	}
 	to_copy = min(size, to_copy);
 	ret = kfifo_out(&client->fifo, buf, to_copy);
-	spin_unlock(&client->lock);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&client->lock);
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto ret_err;
 	}
 
+	if (client->drop_count) {
+		char msg[KFD_SMI_EVENT_MSG_SIZE];
+		int len;
+
+		len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%x ", KFD_SMI_EVENT_DROPPED_EVENT);
+		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
+				KFD_EVENT_FMT_DROPPED_EVENT(ktime_get_boottime_ns(),
+				client->pid, client->drop_count));
+		if (kfifo_avail(&client->fifo) >= len) {
+			kfifo_in(&client->fifo, msg, len);
+			client->drop_count = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&client->lock);
+
 	ret = copy_to_user(user, buf, to_copy);
 	if (ret) {
 		ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -182,13 +199,15 @@ static void add_event_to_kfifo(pid_t pid, struct kfd_node *dev,
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(client, &dev->smi_clients, list) {
 		if (!kfd_smi_ev_enabled(pid, client, smi_event))
 			continue;
+
 		spin_lock(&client->lock);
-		if (kfifo_avail(&client->fifo) >= len) {
+		if (!client->drop_count && kfifo_avail(&client->fifo) >= len) {
 			kfifo_in(&client->fifo, event_msg, len);
 			wake_up_all(&client->wait_queue);
 		} else {
-			pr_debug("smi_event(EventID: %u): no space left\n",
-					smi_event);
+			client->drop_count++;
+			pr_debug("smi_event(EventID: %u): no space left drop_count %d\n",
+				 smi_event, client->drop_count);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&client->lock);
 	}
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kfd_ioctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/kfd_ioctl.h
index fa9f9846b88e4..7afd66d453133 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kfd_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kfd_ioctl.h
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ enum kfd_smi_event {
 	KFD_SMI_EVENT_QUEUE_EVICTION = 9,
 	KFD_SMI_EVENT_QUEUE_RESTORE = 10,
 	KFD_SMI_EVENT_UNMAP_FROM_GPU = 11,
+	KFD_SMI_EVENT_DROPPED_EVENT = 12,
 
 	/*
 	 * max event number, as a flag bit to get events from all processes,
@@ -610,6 +611,7 @@ struct kfd_ioctl_smi_events_args {
  *    rw: 'W' for write page fault, 'R' for read page fault
  *    rescheduled: 'R' if the queue restore failed and rescheduled to try again
  *    error_code: migrate failure error code, 0 if no error
+ *    drop_count: how many events dropped when fifo is full
  */
 #define KFD_EVENT_FMT_UPDATE_GPU_RESET(reset_seq_num, reset_cause)\
 		"%x %s\n", (reset_seq_num), (reset_cause)
@@ -645,6 +647,10 @@ struct kfd_ioctl_smi_events_args {
 		"%lld -%d @%lx(%lx) %x %d\n", (ns), (pid), (addr), (size),\
 		(node), (unmap_trigger)
 
+#define KFD_EVENT_FMT_DROPPED_EVENT(ns, pid, drop_count)\
+		"%lld -%d %d\n", (ns), (pid), (drop_count)
+
+
 /**************************************************************************************************
  * CRIU IOCTLs (Checkpoint Restore In Userspace)
  *