static int polaris10_enable_sclk_mclk_dpm(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 {
        struct polaris10_hwmgr *data = (struct polaris10_hwmgr *)(hwmgr->backend);
+       uint32_t soft_register_value = 0;
+       uint32_t handshake_disables_offset = data->soft_regs_start
+                               + offsetof(SMU74_SoftRegisters, HandshakeDisables);
 
        /* enable SCLK dpm */
        if (!data->sclk_dpm_key_disabled)
 
        /* enable MCLK dpm */
        if (0 == data->mclk_dpm_key_disabled) {
+/* Disable UVD - SMU handshake for MCLK. */
+               soft_register_value = cgs_read_ind_register(hwmgr->device,
+                                       CGS_IND_REG__SMC, handshake_disables_offset);
+               soft_register_value |= SMU7_UVD_MCLK_HANDSHAKE_DISABLE;
+               cgs_write_ind_register(hwmgr->device, CGS_IND_REG__SMC,
+                               handshake_disables_offset, soft_register_value);
 
                PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(
                                (0 == smum_send_msg_to_smc(hwmgr->smumgr,