return r;
 
        /* set up the compute queues */
+       /* type-2 packets are deprecated on MEC, use type-3 instead */
        ring = &rdev->ring[CAYMAN_RING_TYPE_CP1_INDEX];
        r = radeon_ring_init(rdev, ring, ring->ring_size, RADEON_WB_CP1_RPTR_OFFSET,
                             CP_HQD_PQ_RPTR, CP_HQD_PQ_WPTR,
-                            0, 0xfffff, RADEON_CP_PACKET2);
+                            0, 0xfffff, PACKET3(PACKET3_NOP, 0x3FFF));
        if (r)
                return r;
        ring->me = 1; /* first MEC */
        ring->queue = 0; /* first queue */
        ring->wptr_offs = CIK_WB_CP1_WPTR_OFFSET;
 
+       /* type-2 packets are deprecated on MEC, use type-3 instead */
        ring = &rdev->ring[CAYMAN_RING_TYPE_CP2_INDEX];
        r = radeon_ring_init(rdev, ring, ring->ring_size, RADEON_WB_CP2_RPTR_OFFSET,
                             CP_HQD_PQ_RPTR, CP_HQD_PQ_WPTR,
-                            0, 0xffffffff, RADEON_CP_PACKET2);
+                            0, 0xffffffff, PACKET3(PACKET3_NOP, 0x3FFF));
        if (r)
                return r;
        /* dGPU only have 1 MEC */