diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c
index 0b24c4c7dcf9..63c50493da56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c
@@ -924,6 +924,10 @@ void radeon_dpm_enable_uvd(struct radeon_device *rdev, bool enable)
 
 	if (rdev->asic->dpm.powergate_uvd) {
 		mutex_lock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
+		/* don't powergate anything if we
+		   have active but pause streams */
+		enable |= rdev->pm.dpm.sd > 0;
+		enable |= rdev->pm.dpm.hd > 0;
 		/* enable/disable UVD */
 		radeon_dpm_powergate_uvd(rdev, !enable);
 		mutex_unlock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c
index b9c0529b4a2e..4b5c1fcb515d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c
@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@ static void radeon_uvd_idle_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	if (radeon_fence_count_emitted(rdev, R600_RING_TYPE_UVD_INDEX) == 0) {
 		if ((rdev->pm.pm_method == PM_METHOD_DPM) && rdev->pm.dpm_enabled) {
+			radeon_uvd_count_handles(rdev, &rdev->pm.dpm.sd,
+						 &rdev->pm.dpm.hd);
 			radeon_dpm_enable_uvd(rdev, false);
 		} else {
 			radeon_set_uvd_clocks(rdev, 0, 0);