diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
index 37ba111601cdca7b62187de71d6c35185de56bad..f6c1b62b901e2705ea1cb812301282186253eea0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int a6xx_pm_suspend(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (adreno_gpu->base.hw_apriv || a6xx_gpu->has_whereami)
+	if (a6xx_gpu->shadow_bo)
 		for (i = 0; i < gpu->nr_rings; i++)
 			a6xx_gpu->shadow[i] = 0;