diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
index b156e31ac86a..3212fd78b012 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ extern int amdgpu_agp;
 extern int amdgpu_rebar;
 
 extern int amdgpu_wbrf;
-extern int amdgpu_disable_kq;
+extern int amdgpu_user_queue;
 
 #define AMDGPU_VM_MAX_NUM_CTX			4096
 #define AMDGPU_SG_THRESHOLD			(256*1024*1024)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
index a117cd95b9dc..e24b0c730baf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int amdgpu_wbrf = -1;
 int amdgpu_damage_clips = -1; /* auto */
 int amdgpu_umsch_mm_fwlog;
 int amdgpu_rebar = -1; /* auto */
-int amdgpu_disable_kq = -1;
+int amdgpu_user_queue = -1;
 
 DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP(drm_debug_classes, DD_CLASS_TYPE_DISJOINT_BITS, 0,
 			"DRM_UT_CORE",
@@ -1114,12 +1114,15 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(rebar, "Resizable BAR (-1 = auto (default), 0 = disable, 1 = en
 module_param_named(rebar, amdgpu_rebar, int, 0444);
 
 /**
- * DOC: disable_kq (int)
- * Disable kernel queues on systems that support user queues.
- * (0 = kernel queues enabled, 1 = kernel queues disabled, -1 = auto (default setting))
+ * DOC: user_queue (int)
+ * Enable user queues on systems that support user queues.
+ * -1 = auto (ASIC specific default)
+ *  0 = user queues disabled
+ *  1 = user queues enabled and kernel queues enabled (if supported)
+ *  2 = user queues enabled and kernel queues disabled
  */
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_kq, "Disable kernel queues (-1 = auto (default), 0 = enable KQ, 1 = disable KQ)");
-module_param_named(disable_kq, amdgpu_disable_kq, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(user_queue, "Enable user queues (-1 = auto (default), 0 = disable, 1 = enable, 2 = enable UQs and disable KQs)");
+module_param_named(user_queue, amdgpu_user_queue, int, 0444);
 
 /* These devices are not supported by amdgpu.
  * They are supported by the mach64, r128, radeon drivers
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h
index caaddab31023..91dd365cb1e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.h
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ struct amdgpu_gfx {
 	struct mutex                    workload_profile_mutex;
 
 	bool				disable_kq;
+	bool				disable_uq;
 };
 
 struct amdgpu_gfx_ras_reg_entry {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sdma.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sdma.h
index a6c8f07a0da4..59778b978eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sdma.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sdma.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct amdgpu_sdma {
 	uint32_t 		supported_reset;
 	struct list_head	reset_callback_list;
 	bool			no_user_submission;
+	bool			disable_uq;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c
index a528afe38e0b..70c38e53e691 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static int gfx_v11_0_sw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 	case IP_VERSION(11, 0, 3):
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_NAVI3X_USERQ
 		/* add firmware version checks here */
-		if (0) {
+		if (0 && !adev->gfx.disable_uq) {
 			adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_GFX] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 			adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_COMPUTE] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 		}
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ static int gfx_v11_0_sw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 	case IP_VERSION(11, 5, 3):
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_NAVI3X_USERQ
 		/* add firmware version checks here */
-		if (0) {
+		if (0 && !adev->gfx.disable_uq) {
 			adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_GFX] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 			adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_COMPUTE] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 		}
@@ -5211,8 +5211,22 @@ static int gfx_v11_0_early_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ip_block->adev;
 
-	if (amdgpu_disable_kq == 1)
+	switch (amdgpu_user_queue) {
+	case -1:
+	case 0:
+	default:
+		adev->gfx.disable_kq = false;
+		adev->gfx.disable_uq = true;
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		adev->gfx.disable_kq = false;
+		adev->gfx.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	case 2:
 		adev->gfx.disable_kq = true;
+		adev->gfx.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	}
 
 	adev->gfx.funcs = &gfx_v11_0_gfx_funcs;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
index 4c8958f91eda..1523f5b352c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int gfx_v12_0_sw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 	case IP_VERSION(12, 0, 1):
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_NAVI3X_USERQ
 		/* add firmware version checks here */
-		if (0) {
+		if (0 && !adev->gfx.disable_uq) {
 			adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_GFX] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 			adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_COMPUTE] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 		}
@@ -3819,8 +3819,22 @@ static int gfx_v12_0_early_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ip_block->adev;
 
-	if (amdgpu_disable_kq == 1)
+	switch (amdgpu_user_queue) {
+	case -1:
+	case 0:
+	default:
+		adev->gfx.disable_kq = false;
+		adev->gfx.disable_uq = true;
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		adev->gfx.disable_kq = false;
+		adev->gfx.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	case 2:
 		adev->gfx.disable_kq = true;
+		adev->gfx.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	}
 
 	adev->gfx.funcs = &gfx_v12_0_gfx_funcs;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c
index c3d53974e7f5..6bb36187a53d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v6_0.c
@@ -1269,8 +1269,22 @@ static int sdma_v6_0_early_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ip_block->adev;
 	int r;
 
-	if (amdgpu_disable_kq == 1)
+	switch (amdgpu_user_queue) {
+	case -1:
+	case 0:
+	default:
+		adev->sdma.no_user_submission = false;
+		adev->sdma.disable_uq = true;
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		adev->sdma.no_user_submission = false;
+		adev->sdma.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	case 2:
 		adev->sdma.no_user_submission = true;
+		adev->sdma.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	}
 
 	r = amdgpu_sdma_init_microcode(adev, 0, true);
 	if (r)
@@ -1351,7 +1365,7 @@ static int sdma_v6_0_sw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_NAVI3X_USERQ
 	/* add firmware version checks here */
-	if (0)
+	if (0 && !adev->sdma.disable_uq)
 		adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_DMA] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 #endif
 	r = amdgpu_sdma_sysfs_reset_mask_init(adev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c
index e1a6b1533850..943c6446a0a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c
@@ -1254,8 +1254,22 @@ static int sdma_v7_0_early_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ip_block->adev;
 	int r;
 
-	if (amdgpu_disable_kq == 1)
+	switch (amdgpu_user_queue) {
+	case -1:
+	case 0:
+	default:
+		adev->sdma.no_user_submission = false;
+		adev->sdma.disable_uq = true;
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		adev->sdma.no_user_submission = false;
+		adev->sdma.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	case 2:
 		adev->sdma.no_user_submission = true;
+		adev->sdma.disable_uq = false;
+		break;
+	}
 
 	r = amdgpu_sdma_init_microcode(adev, 0, true);
 	if (r) {
@@ -1326,7 +1340,7 @@ static int sdma_v7_0_sw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_NAVI3X_USERQ
 	/* add firmware version checks here */
-	if (0)
+	if (0 && !adev->sdma.disable_uq)
 		adev->userq_funcs[AMDGPU_HW_IP_DMA] = &userq_mes_funcs;
 #endif