diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
index 061fa0a28900612506e8af0b8c44e9d633fdb2d5..4d0e60adbc6d47e841f38a119e3637ca35519c2b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen.c
@@ -2401,6 +2401,12 @@ static int evergreen_gpu_soft_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev, u32 reset_mask)
 {
 	struct evergreen_mc_save save;
 
+	if (!(RREG32(GRBM_STATUS) & GUI_ACTIVE))
+		reset_mask &= ~(RADEON_RESET_GFX | RADEON_RESET_COMPUTE);
+
+	if (RREG32(DMA_STATUS_REG) & DMA_IDLE)
+		reset_mask &= ~RADEON_RESET_DMA;
+
 	if (reset_mask == 0)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c
index 896f1cbc58a5454d1b4fa421e7ed6a6c32d56a52..59acabb45c9b94a0798e75ded14c8d12d221a795 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ni.c
@@ -1409,6 +1409,12 @@ static int cayman_gpu_soft_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev, u32 reset_mask)
 {
 	struct evergreen_mc_save save;
 
+	if (!(RREG32(GRBM_STATUS) & GUI_ACTIVE))
+		reset_mask &= ~(RADEON_RESET_GFX | RADEON_RESET_COMPUTE);
+
+	if (RREG32(DMA_STATUS_REG) & DMA_IDLE)
+		reset_mask &= ~RADEON_RESET_DMA;
+
 	if (reset_mask == 0)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index 537e259b383720d97bbd0b452e74a1c2688eec49..3cb9d6089373250165af9b33ad7f53aa762d8c3f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -1378,6 +1378,12 @@ static int r600_gpu_soft_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev, u32 reset_mask)
 {
 	struct rv515_mc_save save;
 
+	if (!(RREG32(GRBM_STATUS) & GUI_ACTIVE))
+		reset_mask &= ~(RADEON_RESET_GFX | RADEON_RESET_COMPUTE);
+
+	if (RREG32(DMA_STATUS_REG) & DMA_IDLE)
+		reset_mask &= ~RADEON_RESET_DMA;
+
 	if (reset_mask == 0)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
index 3240a3d64f3066d610b623c1e5d48269faf419ab..ae8b48205a6c10257de328c0b669628436e8b0a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
@@ -2215,6 +2215,12 @@ static int si_gpu_soft_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev, u32 reset_mask)
 {
 	struct evergreen_mc_save save;
 
+	if (!(RREG32(GRBM_STATUS) & GUI_ACTIVE))
+		reset_mask &= ~(RADEON_RESET_GFX | RADEON_RESET_COMPUTE);
+
+	if (RREG32(DMA_STATUS_REG) & DMA_IDLE)
+		reset_mask &= ~RADEON_RESET_DMA;
+
 	if (reset_mask == 0)
 		return 0;