diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index 0f700400937e..24d514e70f98 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ static int etnaviv_hw_reset(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 	/* We rely on the GPU running, so program the clock */
 	etnaviv_gpu_update_clock(gpu);
 
+	gpu->fe_running = false;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -637,6 +639,8 @@ void etnaviv_gpu_start_fe(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 address, u16 prefetch)
 			  VIVS_MMUv2_SEC_COMMAND_CONTROL_ENABLE |
 			  VIVS_MMUv2_SEC_COMMAND_CONTROL_PREFETCH(prefetch));
 	}
+
+	gpu->fe_running = true;
 }
 
 static void etnaviv_gpu_start_fe_idleloop(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
@@ -1370,7 +1374,7 @@ struct dma_fence *etnaviv_gpu_submit(struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (!gpu->mmu_context) {
+	if (!gpu->fe_running) {
 		gpu->mmu_context = etnaviv_iommu_context_get(submit->mmu_context);
 		etnaviv_gpu_start_fe_idleloop(gpu);
 	} else {
@@ -1579,7 +1583,7 @@ int etnaviv_gpu_wait_idle(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, unsigned int timeout_ms)
 
 static int etnaviv_gpu_hw_suspend(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 {
-	if (gpu->initialized && gpu->mmu_context) {
+	if (gpu->initialized && gpu->fe_running) {
 		/* Replace the last WAIT with END */
 		mutex_lock(&gpu->lock);
 		etnaviv_buffer_end(gpu);
@@ -1594,6 +1598,8 @@ static int etnaviv_gpu_hw_suspend(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 
 		etnaviv_iommu_context_put(gpu->mmu_context);
 		gpu->mmu_context = NULL;
+
+		gpu->fe_running = false;
 	}
 
 	gpu->exec_state = -1;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
index 8ea48697d132..1c75c8ed5bce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct etnaviv_gpu {
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	struct drm_gpu_scheduler sched;
 	bool initialized;
+	bool fe_running;
 
 	/* 'ring'-buffer: */
 	struct etnaviv_cmdbuf buffer;