diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
index cb114185428266cc40ca56a512d1d4bd54819a94..a0b44a557bfd88be7537408fcb8846f8ed39f459 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r100.c
@@ -2300,7 +2300,6 @@ int r100_asic_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (G_000E40_SE_BUSY(status) || G_000E40_RE_BUSY(status) ||
 		G_000E40_TAM_BUSY(status) || G_000E40_PB_BUSY(status)) {
 		dev_err(rdev->dev, "failed to reset GPU\n");
-		rdev->gpu_lockup = true;
 		ret = -1;
 	} else
 		dev_info(rdev->dev, "GPU reset succeed\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r300.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r300.c
index fa14383f9ca09cea2c8f1aaf486f9a7c241ff04e..a63f4324f0da1aa9b7bb74a3fae4fe460d3dfe38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r300.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r300.c
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ int r300_asic_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	/* Check if GPU is idle */
 	if (G_000E40_GA_BUSY(status) || G_000E40_VAP_BUSY(status)) {
 		dev_err(rdev->dev, "failed to reset GPU\n");
-		rdev->gpu_lockup = true;
 		ret = -1;
 	} else
 		dev_info(rdev->dev, "GPU reset succeed\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
index 4026a4c073c657c6c27ea2bd2ce2f25839d1301c..c76724be8b80f32270ec0940ca5f0717a75832d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
@@ -1547,7 +1547,6 @@ struct radeon_device {
 	struct radeon_mutex		cs_mutex;
 	struct radeon_wb		wb;
 	struct radeon_dummy_page	dummy_page;
-	bool				gpu_lockup;
 	bool				shutdown;
 	bool				suspend;
 	bool				need_dma32;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index 0fb4f8993caec4f07844452d35b1c27450692884..dedb3987073b0a57d7c2c916c4b33ba29016e99c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ int radeon_device_init(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	rdev->is_atom_bios = false;
 	rdev->usec_timeout = RADEON_MAX_USEC_TIMEOUT;
 	rdev->mc.gtt_size = radeon_gart_size * 1024 * 1024;
-	rdev->gpu_lockup = false;
 	rdev->accel_working = false;
 
 	DRM_INFO("initializing kernel modesetting (%s 0x%04X:0x%04X 0x%04X:0x%04X).\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
index 66b22293737072512504edb08aeb903a6ac51f35..36c411fd0fed9dbbbf8a38489d76a2d626b17a88 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fence.c
@@ -71,14 +71,7 @@ int radeon_fence_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_fence *fence)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	fence->seq = atomic_add_return(1, &rdev->fence_drv[fence->ring].seq);
-	if (!rdev->ring[fence->ring].ready)
-		/* FIXME: cp is not running assume everythings is done right
-		 * away
-		 */
-		radeon_fence_write(rdev, fence->seq, fence->ring);
-	else
-		radeon_fence_ring_emit(rdev, fence->ring, fence);
-
+	radeon_fence_ring_emit(rdev, fence->ring, fence);
 	trace_radeon_fence_emit(rdev->ddev, fence->seq);
 	fence->emitted = true;
 	list_move_tail(&fence->list, &rdev->fence_drv[fence->ring].emitted);
@@ -191,9 +184,6 @@ bool radeon_fence_signaled(struct radeon_fence *fence)
 	if (!fence)
 		return true;
 
-	if (fence->rdev->gpu_lockup)
-		return true;
-
 	write_lock_irqsave(&fence->rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
 	signaled = fence->signaled;
 	/* if we are shuting down report all fence as signaled */
@@ -260,18 +250,16 @@ int radeon_fence_wait(struct radeon_fence *fence, bool intr)
 		 */
 		if (seq == rdev->fence_drv[fence->ring].last_seq &&
 		    radeon_ring_is_lockup(rdev, fence->ring, &rdev->ring[fence->ring])) {
+
 			/* good news we believe it's a lockup */
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "GPU lockup (waiting for 0x%08X last fence id 0x%08X)\n",
 			     fence->seq, seq);
-			/* FIXME: what should we do ? marking everyone
-			 * as signaled for now
-			 */
-			rdev->gpu_lockup = true;
+
+			/* mark the ring as not ready any more */
+			rdev->ring[fence->ring].ready = false;
 			r = radeon_gpu_reset(rdev);
 			if (r)
 				return r;
-			radeon_fence_write(rdev, fence->seq, fence->ring);
-			rdev->gpu_lockup = false;
 		}
 		timeout = RADEON_FENCE_JIFFIES_TIMEOUT;
 		write_lock_irqsave(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
@@ -289,10 +277,11 @@ int radeon_fence_wait_next(struct radeon_device *rdev, int ring)
 	struct radeon_fence *fence;
 	int r;
 
-	if (rdev->gpu_lockup) {
-		return 0;
-	}
 	write_lock_irqsave(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
+	if (!rdev->ring[ring].ready) {
+		write_unlock_irqrestore(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
 	if (list_empty(&rdev->fence_drv[ring].emitted)) {
 		write_unlock_irqrestore(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
 		return 0;
@@ -312,10 +301,11 @@ int radeon_fence_wait_last(struct radeon_device *rdev, int ring)
 	struct radeon_fence *fence;
 	int r;
 
-	if (rdev->gpu_lockup) {
-		return 0;
-	}
 	write_lock_irqsave(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
+	if (!rdev->ring[ring].ready) {
+		write_unlock_irqrestore(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
 	if (list_empty(&rdev->fence_drv[ring].emitted)) {
 		write_unlock_irqrestore(&rdev->fence_lock, irq_flags);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c
index 10706c66b84bf987a23eb82b6b7ff9f42599b527..7fb3b1f2ed15e4d10dd1d3c8d9bf7bf99eb79137 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ int rs600_asic_reset(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	/* Check if GPU is idle */
 	if (G_000E40_GA_BUSY(status) || G_000E40_VAP_BUSY(status)) {
 		dev_err(rdev->dev, "failed to reset GPU\n");
-		rdev->gpu_lockup = true;
 		ret = -1;
 	} else
 		dev_info(rdev->dev, "GPU reset succeed\n");