diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c
index 856c50386c86..f975dc4b143a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v4_0.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ static uint32_t sdma_v4_0_rb_cntl(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, uint32_t rb_cntl)
 	/* Set ring buffer size in dwords */
 	uint32_t rb_bufsz = order_base_2(ring->ring_size / 4);
 
+	barrier(); /* work around https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42576 */
 	rb_cntl = REG_SET_FIELD(rb_cntl, SDMA0_GFX_RB_CNTL, RB_SIZE, rb_bufsz);
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 	rb_cntl = REG_SET_FIELD(rb_cntl, SDMA0_GFX_RB_CNTL, RB_SWAP_ENABLE, 1);