diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
index 5505d646f43a..06f0a6534a94 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
@@ -524,46 +524,58 @@ static ssize_t amdgpu_debugfs_mqd_read(struct file *f, char __user *buf,
 {
 	struct amdgpu_ring *ring = file_inode(f)->i_private;
 	volatile u32 *mqd;
-	int r;
+	u32 *kbuf;
+	int r, i;
 	uint32_t value, result;
 
 	if (*pos & 3 || size & 3)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	result = 0;
+	kbuf = kmalloc(ring->mqd_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!kbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	r = amdgpu_bo_reserve(ring->mqd_obj, false);
 	if (unlikely(r != 0))
-		return r;
+		goto err_free;
 
 	r = amdgpu_bo_kmap(ring->mqd_obj, (void **)&mqd);
-	if (r) {
-		amdgpu_bo_unreserve(ring->mqd_obj);
-		return r;
-	}
+	if (r)
+		goto err_unreserve;
 
+	/*
+	 * Copy to local buffer to avoid put_user(), which might fault
+	 * and acquire mmap_sem, under reservation_ww_class_mutex.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ring->mqd_size/sizeof(u32); i++)
+		kbuf[i] = mqd[i];
+
+	amdgpu_bo_kunmap(ring->mqd_obj);
+	amdgpu_bo_unreserve(ring->mqd_obj);
+
+	result = 0;
 	while (size) {
 		if (*pos >= ring->mqd_size)
-			goto done;
+			break;
 
-		value = mqd[*pos/4];
+		value = kbuf[*pos/4];
 		r = put_user(value, (uint32_t *)buf);
 		if (r)
-			goto done;
+			goto err_free;
 		buf += 4;
 		result += 4;
 		size -= 4;
 		*pos += 4;
 	}
 
-done:
-	amdgpu_bo_kunmap(ring->mqd_obj);
-	mqd = NULL;
-	amdgpu_bo_unreserve(ring->mqd_obj);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
+	kfree(kbuf);
 	return result;
+
+err_unreserve:
+	amdgpu_bo_unreserve(ring->mqd_obj);
+err_free:
+	kfree(kbuf);
+	return r;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations amdgpu_debugfs_mqd_fops = {