diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 4e9caf97b20f..63d05a376700 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ int adreno_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		}
 
 		ring->cur = ring->start;
+		ring->next = ring->start;
 
 		/* reset completed fence seqno: */
 		ring->memptrs->fence = ring->seqno;
@@ -332,12 +333,15 @@ void adreno_flush(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_ringbuffer *ring)
 	struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu = to_adreno_gpu(gpu);
 	uint32_t wptr;
 
+	/* Copy the shadow to the actual register */
+	ring->cur = ring->next;
+
 	/*
 	 * Mask wptr value that we calculate to fit in the HW range. This is
 	 * to account for the possibility that the last command fit exactly into
 	 * the ringbuffer and rb->next hasn't wrapped to zero yet
 	 */
-	wptr = get_wptr(ring) % (MSM_GPU_RINGBUFFER_SZ >> 2);
+	wptr = (ring->cur - ring->start) % (MSM_GPU_RINGBUFFER_SZ >> 2);
 
 	/* ensure writes to ringbuffer have hit system memory: */
 	mb();
@@ -449,7 +453,8 @@ static uint32_t ring_freewords(struct msm_ringbuffer *ring)
 {
 	struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu = to_adreno_gpu(ring->gpu);
 	uint32_t size = MSM_GPU_RINGBUFFER_SZ >> 2;
-	uint32_t wptr = get_wptr(ring);
+	/* Use ring->next to calculate free size */
+	uint32_t wptr = ring->next - ring->start;
 	uint32_t rptr = get_rptr(adreno_gpu, ring);
 	return (rptr + (size - 1) - wptr) % size;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
index 4db6ca719706..e39c4e392854 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct msm_ringbuffer *msm_ringbuffer_new(struct msm_gpu *gpu, int id,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	ring->end   = ring->start + (MSM_GPU_RINGBUFFER_SZ >> 2);
+	ring->next  = ring->start;
 	ring->cur   = ring->start;
 
 	ring->memptrs = memptrs;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
index ec44251ef9f2..3749764a238e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct msm_ringbuffer {
 	struct msm_gpu *gpu;
 	int id;
 	struct drm_gem_object *bo;
-	uint32_t *start, *end, *cur;
+	uint32_t *start, *end, *cur, *next;
 	struct list_head submits;
 	uint64_t iova;
 	uint32_t seqno;
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ void msm_ringbuffer_destroy(struct msm_ringbuffer *ring);
 static inline void
 OUT_RING(struct msm_ringbuffer *ring, uint32_t data)
 {
-	if (ring->cur == ring->end)
-		ring->cur = ring->start;
-	*(ring->cur++) = data;
+	/*
+	 * ring->next points to the current command being written - it won't be
+	 * committed as ring->cur until the flush
+	 */
+	if (ring->next == ring->end)
+		ring->next = ring->start;
+	*(ring->next++) = data;
 }
 
 #endif /* __MSM_RINGBUFFER_H__ */