diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
index 7199e19eb8bab5678afa1c348f97461459137190..013ec7106e555a2862c4d8b7194e25eaaabc7572 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ int radeon_gem_wait_idle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		r = ret;
 
 	/* Flush HDP cache via MMIO if necessary */
+	cur_placement = ACCESS_ONCE(robj->tbo.mem.mem_type);
 	if (rdev->asic->mmio_hdp_flush &&
 	    radeon_mem_type_to_domain(cur_placement) == RADEON_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM)
 		robj->rdev->asic->mmio_hdp_flush(rdev);