diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
index ffb6edebd8878e9107d2f0d69a414a2f83ed0159..b737a32dd399beb6cea86ef3635aa07d1f78d133 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ static int __gen6_gt_wait_for_fifo(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/* On VLV, FIFO will be shared by both SW and HW.
+	 * So, we need to read the FREE_ENTRIES everytime */
+	if (IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev_priv->dev))
+		dev_priv->uncore.fifo_count =
+			__raw_i915_read32(dev_priv, GTFIFOCTL) &
+						GT_FIFO_FREE_ENTRIES_MASK;
+
 	if (dev_priv->uncore.fifo_count < GT_FIFO_NUM_RESERVED_ENTRIES) {
 		int loop = 500;
 		u32 fifo = __raw_i915_read32(dev_priv, GTFIFOCTL) & GT_FIFO_FREE_ENTRIES_MASK;