diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index 3dce370..68693d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -2895,11 +2895,11 @@ static int r600_startup(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	r = radeon_fence_driver_start_ring(rdev, R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX);
+	/*r = radeon_fence_driver_start_ring(rdev, R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX);
 	if (r) {
 		dev_err(rdev->dev, "failed initializing DMA fences (%d).\n", r);
 		return r;
-	}
+	}/*
 
 	/* Enable IRQ */
 	if (!rdev->irq.installed) {
@@ -2922,11 +2922,11 @@ static int r600_startup(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	ring = &rdev->ring[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX];
+	/*ring = &rdev->ring[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX];
 	r = radeon_ring_init(rdev, ring, ring->ring_size, R600_WB_DMA_RPTR_OFFSET,
 			     DMA_PACKET(DMA_PACKET_NOP, 0, 0, 0));
 	if (r)
-		return r;
+		return r;*/
 
 	r = r600_cp_load_microcode(rdev);
 	if (r)
@@ -2935,9 +2935,9 @@ static int r600_startup(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	r = r600_dma_resume(rdev);
+	/*r = r600_dma_resume(rdev);
 	if (r)
-		return r;
+		return r;*/
 
 	r = radeon_ib_pool_init(rdev);
 	if (r) {
@@ -2997,7 +2997,7 @@ int r600_suspend(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	radeon_pm_suspend(rdev);
 	r600_audio_fini(rdev);
 	r600_cp_stop(rdev);
-	r600_dma_stop(rdev);
+	//r600_dma_stop(rdev);
 	r600_irq_suspend(rdev);
 	radeon_wb_disable(rdev);
 	r600_pcie_gart_disable(rdev);
@@ -3077,8 +3077,8 @@ int r600_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX].ring_obj = NULL;
 	r600_ring_init(rdev, &rdev->ring[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX], 1024 * 1024);
 
-	rdev->ring[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX].ring_obj = NULL;
-	r600_ring_init(rdev, &rdev->ring[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX], 64 * 1024);
+	//rdev->ring[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX].ring_obj = NULL;
+	//r600_ring_init(rdev, &rdev->ring[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX], 64 * 1024);
 
 	rdev->ih.ring_obj = NULL;
 	r600_ih_ring_init(rdev, 64 * 1024);
@@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@ int r600_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (r) {
 		dev_err(rdev->dev, "disabling GPU acceleration\n");
 		r600_cp_fini(rdev);
-		r600_dma_fini(rdev);
+		//r600_dma_fini(rdev);
 		r600_irq_fini(rdev);
 		radeon_wb_fini(rdev);
 		radeon_ib_pool_fini(rdev);
@@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@ void r600_fini(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	radeon_pm_fini(rdev);
 	r600_audio_fini(rdev);
 	r600_cp_fini(rdev);
-	r600_dma_fini(rdev);
+	//r600_dma_fini(rdev);
 	r600_irq_fini(rdev);
 	radeon_wb_fini(rdev);
 	radeon_ib_pool_fini(rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c
index f74db43..be300ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_asic.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static struct radeon_asic rv6xx_asic = {
 	},
 	.ring = {
 		[RADEON_RING_TYPE_GFX_INDEX] = &r600_gfx_ring,
-		[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX] = &r600_dma_ring,
+		//[R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX] = &r600_dma_ring,
 	},
 	.irq = {
 		.set = &r600_irq_set,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c
index a8e3342..93dedaf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.c
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ static int radeon_cs_get_ring(struct radeon_cs_parser *p, u32 ring, s32 priority
 				p->ring = R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX;
 			else
 				p->ring = CAYMAN_RING_TYPE_DMA1_INDEX;
-		} else if (p->rdev->family >= CHIP_R600) {
-			p->ring = R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX;
+		//} else if (p->rdev->family >= CHIP_R600) {
+			//p->ring = R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX;
 		} else {
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}