diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c
index 1f83bc18d500..80f3b1da9fc2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ static int a2xx_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL,
+		MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT | AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE);
+
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_AXXX_CP_RB_BASE, lower_32_bits(gpu->rb[0]->iova));
+
 	/* NOTE: PM4/micro-engine firmware registers look to be the same
 	 * for a2xx and a3xx.. we could possibly push that part down to
 	 * adreno_gpu base class.  Or push both PM4 and PFP but
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
index 5f7e98028eaf..eeba2deeca1e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ static int a3xx_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Use the default ringbuffer size and block size but disable the RPTR
+	 * shadow
+	 */
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL,
+		MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT | AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE);
+
+	/* Set the ringbuffer address */
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_AXXX_CP_RB_BASE, lower_32_bits(gpu->rb[0]->iova));
+
 	/* setup access protection: */
 	gpu_write(gpu, REG_A3XX_CP_PROTECT_CTRL, 0x00000007);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
index ab2b752566d8..05cfa81d4c54 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
@@ -265,6 +265,16 @@ static int a4xx_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Use the default ringbuffer size and block size but disable the RPTR
+	 * shadow
+	 */
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_A4XX_CP_RB_CNTL,
+		MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT | AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE);
+
+	/* Set the ringbuffer address */
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_A4XX_CP_RB_BASE, lower_32_bits(gpu->rb[0]->iova));
+
 	/* Load PM4: */
 	ptr = (uint32_t *)(adreno_gpu->fw[ADRENO_FW_PM4]->data);
 	len = adreno_gpu->fw[ADRENO_FW_PM4]->size / 4;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
index 4a484b06319f..24b55103bfe0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
@@ -677,14 +677,21 @@ static int a5xx_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	a5xx_preempt_hw_init(gpu);
-
 	a5xx_gpmu_ucode_init(gpu);
 
 	ret = a5xx_ucode_init(gpu);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Set the ringbuffer address */
+	gpu_write64(gpu, REG_A5XX_CP_RB_BASE, REG_A5XX_CP_RB_BASE_HI,
+		gpu->rb[0]->iova);
+
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_A5XX_CP_RB_CNTL,
+		MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT | AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE);
+
+	a5xx_preempt_hw_init(gpu);
+
 	/* Disable the interrupts through the initial bringup stage */
 	gpu_write(gpu, REG_A5XX_RBBM_INT_0_MASK, A5XX_INT_MASK);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
index be68d4e6551c..ab75f0309d4b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
@@ -512,6 +512,13 @@ static int a6xx_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Set the ringbuffer address */
+	gpu_write64(gpu, REG_A6XX_CP_RB_BASE, REG_A6XX_CP_RB_BASE_HI,
+		gpu->rb[0]->iova);
+
+	gpu_write(gpu, REG_A6XX_CP_RB_CNTL,
+		MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT | AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE);
+
 	/* Always come up on rb 0 */
 	a6xx_gpu->cur_ring = gpu->rb[0];
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 053da39da1cc..3802ad38c519 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -354,26 +354,6 @@ int adreno_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		ring->memptrs->rptr = 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Setup REG_CP_RB_CNTL.  The same value is used across targets (with
-	 * the excpetion of A430 that disables the RPTR shadow) - the cacluation
-	 * for the ringbuffer size and block size is moved to msm_gpu.h for the
-	 * pre-processor to deal with and the A430 variant is ORed in here
-	 */
-	adreno_gpu_write(adreno_gpu, REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_CNTL,
-		MSM_GPU_RB_CNTL_DEFAULT |
-		(adreno_is_a430(adreno_gpu) ? AXXX_CP_RB_CNTL_NO_UPDATE : 0));
-
-	/* Setup ringbuffer address - use ringbuffer[0] for GPU init */
-	adreno_gpu_write64(adreno_gpu, REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_BASE,
-		REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_BASE_HI, gpu->rb[0]->iova);
-
-	if (!adreno_is_a430(adreno_gpu)) {
-		adreno_gpu_write64(adreno_gpu, REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_RPTR_ADDR,
-			REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_RPTR_ADDR_HI,
-			rbmemptr(gpu->rb[0], rptr));
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -381,11 +361,8 @@ int adreno_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 static uint32_t get_rptr(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu,
 		struct msm_ringbuffer *ring)
 {
-	if (adreno_is_a430(adreno_gpu))
-		return ring->memptrs->rptr = adreno_gpu_read(
-			adreno_gpu, REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_RPTR);
-	else
-		return ring->memptrs->rptr;
+	return ring->memptrs->rptr = adreno_gpu_read(
+		adreno_gpu, REG_ADRENO_CP_RB_RPTR);
 }
 
 struct msm_ringbuffer *adreno_active_ring(struct msm_gpu *gpu)