}
        ring->ready = true;
        radeon_ttm_set_active_vram_size(rdev, rdev->mc.real_vram_size);
+
+       if (radeon_ring_supports_scratch_reg(rdev, ring)) {
+               r = radeon_scratch_get(rdev, &ring->rptr_save_reg);
+               if (r) {
+                       DRM_ERROR("failed to get scratch reg for rptr save (%d).\n", r);
+                       ring->rptr_save_reg = 0;
+               }
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
        }
        /* Disable ring */
        r100_cp_disable(rdev);
+       radeon_scratch_free(rdev, rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX].rptr_save_reg);
        radeon_ring_fini(rdev, &rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX]);
        DRM_INFO("radeon: cp finalized\n");
 }
 {
        struct radeon_ring *ring = &rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX];
 
+       if (ring->rptr_save_reg) {
+               u32 next_rptr = ring->wptr + 2 + 3;
+               radeon_ring_write(ring, PACKET0(ring->rptr_save_reg, 0));
+               radeon_ring_write(ring, next_rptr);
+       }
+
        radeon_ring_write(ring, PACKET0(RADEON_CP_IB_BASE, 1));
        radeon_ring_write(ring, ib->gpu_addr);
        radeon_ring_write(ring, ib->length_dw);