diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
index 7d4974b83af7821649c7eff1f75ee4d0b05758e6..3dfce4336eedc6dc299d8b7a169b886e37f273c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static int set_queue_properties_from_user(struct queue_properties *q_properties,
 	if (args->queue_type == KFD_IOC_QUEUE_TYPE_COMPUTE ||
 		args->queue_type == KFD_IOC_QUEUE_TYPE_COMPUTE_AQL)
 		q_properties->type = KFD_QUEUE_TYPE_COMPUTE;
+	else if (args->queue_type == KFD_IOC_QUEUE_TYPE_SDMA)
+		q_properties->type = KFD_QUEUE_TYPE_SDMA;
 	else
 		return -ENOTSUPP;