diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c
index d61bc1841d5e5acecc739efabf2c195d73d26511..af2cbc647c738a966ba5065644f40d1de5d662ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/cik.c
@@ -3920,6 +3920,17 @@ void cik_fence_compute_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * cik_semaphore_ring_emit - emit a semaphore on the CP ring
+ *
+ * @rdev: radeon_device pointer
+ * @ring: radeon ring buffer object
+ * @semaphore: radeon semaphore object
+ * @emit_wait: Is this a sempahore wait?
+ *
+ * Emits a semaphore signal/wait packet to the CP ring and prevents the PFP
+ * from running ahead of semaphore waits.
+ */
 bool cik_semaphore_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 			     struct radeon_ring *ring,
 			     struct radeon_semaphore *semaphore,
@@ -3932,6 +3943,12 @@ bool cik_semaphore_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, lower_32_bits(addr));
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, (upper_32_bits(addr) & 0xffff) | sel);
 
+	if (emit_wait && ring->idx == RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX) {
+		/* Prevent the PFP from running ahead of the semaphore wait */
+		radeon_ring_write(ring, PACKET3(PACKET3_PFP_SYNC_ME, 0));
+		radeon_ring_write(ring, 0x0);
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index 1e4770138fd420f999c1393e3e01633714456cb6..e8bf0ea2dadebe7c74069e1cfe0a25d9e82f63e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -2753,6 +2753,17 @@ void r600_fence_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * r600_semaphore_ring_emit - emit a semaphore on the CP ring
+ *
+ * @rdev: radeon_device pointer
+ * @ring: radeon ring buffer object
+ * @semaphore: radeon semaphore object
+ * @emit_wait: Is this a sempahore wait?
+ *
+ * Emits a semaphore signal/wait packet to the CP ring and prevents the PFP
+ * from running ahead of semaphore waits.
+ */
 bool r600_semaphore_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 			      struct radeon_ring *ring,
 			      struct radeon_semaphore *semaphore,
@@ -2768,6 +2779,13 @@ bool r600_semaphore_ring_emit(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, lower_32_bits(addr));
 	radeon_ring_write(ring, (upper_32_bits(addr) & 0xff) | sel);
 
+	/* PFP_SYNC_ME packet only exists on 7xx+ */
+	if (emit_wait && (rdev->family >= CHIP_RV770)) {
+		/* Prevent the PFP from running ahead of the semaphore wait */
+		radeon_ring_write(ring, PACKET3(PACKET3_PFP_SYNC_ME, 0));
+		radeon_ring_write(ring, 0x0);
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h
index f94e7a9afe754c602e5e40ddf600f7bef73add6e..0c4a7d8d93e0465e9f2d094fe127f283602b3239 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600d.h
@@ -1597,6 +1597,7 @@
 		 */
 #              define PACKET3_CP_DMA_CMD_SAIC      (1 << 28)
 #              define PACKET3_CP_DMA_CMD_DAIC      (1 << 29)
+#define	PACKET3_PFP_SYNC_ME				0x42 /* r7xx+ only */
 #define	PACKET3_SURFACE_SYNC				0x43
 #              define PACKET3_CB0_DEST_BASE_ENA    (1 << 6)
 #              define PACKET3_FULL_CACHE_ENA       (1 << 20) /* r7xx+ only */