diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
index 9baf182d5418d36d131a93f97f00a24cf2015890..03f2e56673d13be0e696175f51db02d82b8464a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ int amdgpu_device_gpu_recover(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	uint64_t reset_flags = 0;
 	int i, r, resched;
 
-	if (!amdgpu_device_ip_check_soft_reset(adev)) {
+	if (!force && !amdgpu_device_ip_check_soft_reset(adev)) {
 		DRM_INFO("No hardware hang detected. Did some blocks stall?\n");
 		return 0;
 	}