diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index a322d4f647bd..4d7a2e1bdb90 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -878,12 +878,15 @@ void r600_pcie_gart_tlb_flush(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	u32 tmp;
 
 	/* flush hdp cache so updates hit vram */
-	if ((rdev->family >= CHIP_RV770) && (rdev->family <= CHIP_RV740)) {
+	if ((rdev->family >= CHIP_RV770) && (rdev->family <= CHIP_RV740) &&
+	    !(rdev->flags & RADEON_IS_AGP)) {
 		void __iomem *ptr = (void *)rdev->gart.table.vram.ptr;
 		u32 tmp;
 
 		/* r7xx hw bug.  write to HDP_DEBUG1 followed by fb read
 		 * rather than write to HDP_REG_COHERENCY_FLUSH_CNTL
+		 * This seems to cause problems on some AGP cards. Just use the old
+		 * method for them.
 		 */
 		WREG32(HDP_DEBUG1, 0);
 		tmp = readl((void __iomem *)ptr);
@@ -3485,10 +3488,12 @@ int r600_debugfs_mc_info_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 void r600_ioctl_wait_idle(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_bo *bo)
 {
 	/* r7xx hw bug.  write to HDP_DEBUG1 followed by fb read
-	 * rather than write to HDP_REG_COHERENCY_FLUSH_CNTL
+	 * rather than write to HDP_REG_COHERENCY_FLUSH_CNTL.
+	 * This seems to cause problems on some AGP cards. Just use the old
+	 * method for them.
 	 */
 	if ((rdev->family >= CHIP_RV770) && (rdev->family <= CHIP_RV740) &&
-	    rdev->vram_scratch.ptr) {
+	    rdev->vram_scratch.ptr && !(rdev->flags & RADEON_IS_AGP)) {
 		void __iomem *ptr = (void *)rdev->vram_scratch.ptr;
 		u32 tmp;