diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
index 722c2fe3bfd564bf88f7123b75f8513f03c031a8..7061ba457c5b1d824dd4ba0075f3b02dff733b5b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ 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;