ENGINE_READ_FW(engine, RING_HEAD),
                             ENGINE_READ_FW(engine, RING_TAIL),
                             ENGINE_READ_FW(engine, RING_START));
-               if (!stop_ring(engine)) {
+               /*
+                * Sometimes engine head failed to set to zero even after writing into it.
+                * Use wait_for_atomic() with 20ms delay to let engine resumes from
+                * correct RING_HEAD. Experimented different values and determined
+                * that 20ms works best based on testing.
+                */
+               if (wait_for_atomic((!stop_ring(engine) == 0), 20)) {
                        drm_err(&engine->i915->drm,
                                "failed to set %s head to zero "
                                "ctl %08x head %08x tail %08x start %08x\n",