diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 146609ab42bb982c1510a28f7e1a432ff53474e2..6174fda4d58ea4dd8e2a4af12620516f3144c219 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ enum punit_power_well {
 #define RING_INSTPS(base)	((base)+0x70)
 #define RING_DMA_FADD(base)	((base)+0x78)
 #define RING_INSTPM(base)	((base)+0xc0)
+#define RING_MI_MODE(base)	((base)+0x9c)
 #define INSTPS		0x02070 /* 965+ only */
 #define INSTDONE1	0x0207c /* 965+ only */
 #define ACTHD_I965	0x02074
@@ -824,6 +825,7 @@ enum punit_power_well {
 # define VS_TIMER_DISPATCH				(1 << 6)
 # define MI_FLUSH_ENABLE				(1 << 12)
 # define ASYNC_FLIP_PERF_DISABLE			(1 << 14)
+# define MODE_IDLE					(1 << 9)
 
 #define GEN6_GT_MODE	0x20d0
 #define GEN7_GT_MODE	0x7008
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 42b4001443795f60cc55d5eb5c9fc9fe33ef854f..617634b6a6c2b3d8bd02ec4e90787f11d547aa35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ static int init_ring_common(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	I915_WRITE_CTL(ring, 0);
 	I915_WRITE_HEAD(ring, 0);
 	ring->write_tail(ring, 0);
+	if (wait_for_atomic((I915_READ_MODE(ring) & MODE_IDLE) != 0, 1000))
+		DRM_ERROR("%s :timed out trying to stop ring\n", ring->name);
 
 	if (I915_NEED_GFX_HWS(dev))
 		intel_ring_setup_status_page(ring);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 09af92099c1bbbe30ed70e8cb0647e12e9ffa4c6..f11ceb230db48cc92db0978fc73afb5f443d6e4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ struct  intel_hw_status_page {
 #define I915_READ_IMR(ring) I915_READ(RING_IMR((ring)->mmio_base))
 #define I915_WRITE_IMR(ring, val) I915_WRITE(RING_IMR((ring)->mmio_base), val)
 
+#define I915_READ_MODE(ring) I915_READ(RING_MI_MODE((ring)->mmio_base))
+
 enum intel_ring_hangcheck_action {
 	HANGCHECK_IDLE = 0,
 	HANGCHECK_WAIT,