diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cmd_parser.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cmd_parser.c
index 1238b75fe3f8966d021eb4081b1366029559c65a..d26a092c70e8c8fe2a14df28dd22e4253f739a16 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cmd_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cmd_parser.c
@@ -2537,7 +2537,8 @@ static int scan_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 	s.rb_va = workload->shadow_ring_buffer_va;
 	s.workload = workload;
 
-	if (bypass_scan_mask & (1 << workload->ring_id))
+	if ((bypass_scan_mask & (1 << workload->ring_id)) ||
+		gma_head == gma_tail)
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = ip_gma_set(&s, gma_head);