diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
index f64675b2ab75..0f84e5afd564 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
@@ -259,8 +259,9 @@ void amdgpu_gfx_graphics_queue_acquire(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	}
 
 	/* update the number of active graphics rings */
-	adev->gfx.num_gfx_rings =
-		bitmap_weight(adev->gfx.me.queue_bitmap, AMDGPU_MAX_GFX_QUEUES);
+	if (adev->gfx.num_gfx_rings)
+		adev->gfx.num_gfx_rings =
+			bitmap_weight(adev->gfx.me.queue_bitmap, AMDGPU_MAX_GFX_QUEUES);
 }
 
 static int amdgpu_gfx_kiq_acquire(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
@@ -1545,6 +1546,9 @@ static ssize_t amdgpu_gfx_set_run_cleaner_shader(struct device *dev,
 	if (adev->in_suspend && !adev->in_runpm)
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (adev->gfx.disable_kq)
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	ret = kstrtol(buf, 0, &value);
 
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h
index 319e6e547c73..caaddab31023 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ struct amdgpu_gfx {
 	struct delayed_work		idle_work;
 	bool				workload_profile_active;
 	struct mutex                    workload_profile_mutex;
+
+	bool				disable_kq;
 };
 
 struct amdgpu_gfx_ras_reg_entry {