diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
index ace94d6e54cf2f9597a0b8747005f89915e02d7d..ec0d62a16e538c305f631b831432df0566b051c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
@@ -782,7 +782,8 @@ static int register_process(struct device_queue_manager *dqm,
 
 	retval = dqm->asic_ops.update_qpd(dqm, qpd);
 
-	dqm->processes_count++;
+	if (dqm->processes_count++ == 0)
+		dqm->dev->kfd2kgd->set_compute_idle(dqm->dev->kgd, false);
 
 	dqm_unlock(dqm);
 
@@ -805,7 +806,9 @@ static int unregister_process(struct device_queue_manager *dqm,
 		if (qpd == cur->qpd) {
 			list_del(&cur->list);
 			kfree(cur);
-			dqm->processes_count--;
+			if (--dqm->processes_count == 0)
+				dqm->dev->kfd2kgd->set_compute_idle(
+					dqm->dev->kgd, true);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}