diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
index a4b518211b1f83f7a7b5f5f1347c49f999f51b14..f3e2fbcfadfbb4983c4abe19a3a89a4c33527d72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int amdgpu_async_gfx_ring = 1;
 int amdgpu_mcbp = 0;
 int amdgpu_discovery = -1;
 int amdgpu_mes = 0;
-int amdgpu_noretry;
+int amdgpu_noretry = -1;
 int amdgpu_force_asic_type = -1;
 int amdgpu_tmz = 0;
 int amdgpu_reset_method = -1; /* auto */
@@ -596,8 +596,13 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(mes,
 	"Enable Micro Engine Scheduler (0 = disabled (default), 1 = enabled)");
 module_param_named(mes, amdgpu_mes, int, 0444);
 
+/**
+ * DOC: noretry (int)
+ * Disable retry faults in the GPU memory controller.
+ * (0 = retry enabled, 1 = retry disabled, -1 auto (default))
+ */
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(noretry,
-	"Disable retry faults (0 = retry enabled (default), 1 = retry disabled)");
+	"Disable retry faults (0 = retry enabled, 1 = retry disabled, -1 auto (default))");
 module_param_named(noretry, amdgpu_noretry, int, 0644);
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c
index 3572629fef0a324e41f8e54254ef305e583a550e..36604d751d622e8dc2f6498969385068ca75dbad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c
@@ -424,7 +424,31 @@ void amdgpu_gmc_noretry_set(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_gmc *gmc = &adev->gmc;
 
-	gmc->noretry = amdgpu_noretry;
+	switch (adev->asic_type) {
+	case CHIP_RAVEN:
+		/* Raven currently has issues with noretry
+		 * regardless of what we decide for other
+		 * asics, we should leave raven with
+		 * noretry = 0 until we root cause the
+		 * issues.
+		 */
+		if (amdgpu_noretry == -1)
+			gmc->noretry = 0;
+		else
+			gmc->noretry = amdgpu_noretry;
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* default this to 0 for now, but we may want
+		 * to change this in the future for certain
+		 * GPUs as it can increase performance in
+		 * certain cases.
+		 */
+		if (amdgpu_noretry == -1)
+			gmc->noretry = 0;
+		else
+			gmc->noretry = amdgpu_noretry;
+		break;
+	}
 }
 
 void amdgpu_gmc_set_vm_fault_masks(struct amdgpu_device *adev, int hub_type,