diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
index f66293fc675e..be3231c574b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
@@ -5426,11 +5426,12 @@ static int gfx_v12_0_reset_kcq(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 			       struct amdgpu_fence *timedout_fence)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev;
+	bool use_mmio = true;
 	int r;
 
 	amdgpu_ring_reset_helper_begin(ring, timedout_fence);
 
-	r = amdgpu_mes_reset_legacy_queue(ring->adev, ring, vmid, true, 0);
+	r = amdgpu_mes_reset_legacy_queue(ring->adev, ring, vmid, use_mmio, 0);
 	if (r) {
 		dev_warn(adev->dev, "fail(%d) to reset kcq  and try pipe reset\n", r);
 		r = gfx_v12_0_reset_compute_pipe(ring);
@@ -5438,15 +5439,17 @@ static int gfx_v12_0_reset_kcq(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 			return r;
 	}
 
-	r = gfx_v12_0_kcq_init_queue(ring, true);
-	if (r) {
-		dev_err(adev->dev, "failed to init kcq\n");
-		return r;
-	}
-	r = amdgpu_mes_map_legacy_queue(adev, ring, 0);
-	if (r) {
-		dev_err(adev->dev, "failed to remap kcq\n");
-		return r;
+	if (use_mmio) {
+		r = gfx_v12_0_kcq_init_queue(ring, true);
+		if (r) {
+			dev_err(adev->dev, "failed to init kcq\n");
+			return r;
+		}
+		r = amdgpu_mes_map_legacy_queue(adev, ring, 0);
+		if (r) {
+			dev_err(adev->dev, "failed to remap kcq\n");
+			return r;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return amdgpu_ring_reset_helper_end(ring, timedout_fence);