diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index a76eca18f134113af33b0e2836d652267f5c2fea..2aaf147969bd8ef80522af9e38900e5987002d4c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -2533,11 +2533,12 @@ void r600_dma_fence_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 {
 	struct radeon_ring *ring = &rdev->ring[fence->ring];
 	u64 addr = rdev->fence_drv[fence->ring].gpu_addr;
+
 	/* write the fence */
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, DMA_PACKET(DMA_PACKET_FENCE, 0, 0, 0));
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, addr & 0xfffffffc);
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, (upper_32_bits(addr) & 0xff));
-	radeon_ring_write(ring, fence->seq);
+	radeon_ring_write(ring, lower_32_bits(fence->seq));
 	/* generate an interrupt */
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, DMA_PACKET(DMA_PACKET_TRAP, 0, 0, 0));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
index 22bd6c2c2740b0748dd8413efd22547bfe7493bf..410a975a8eec8f7e042a608cfcea0d7c274f1932 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int radeon_fence_driver_start_ring(struct radeon_device *rdev, int ring)
 	int r;
 
 	radeon_scratch_free(rdev, rdev->fence_drv[ring].scratch_reg);
-	if (rdev->wb.use_event) {
+	if (rdev->wb.use_event || !radeon_ring_supports_scratch_reg(rdev, &rdev->ring[ring])) {
 		rdev->fence_drv[ring].scratch_reg = 0;
 		index = R600_WB_EVENT_OFFSET + ring * 4;
 	} else {