diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
index 8abc9a2b114a..6e326d851ba5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static struct msm_ringbuffer *get_next_ring(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		struct msm_ringbuffer *ring = gpu->rb[i];
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->preempt_lock, flags);
-		empty = (get_wptr(ring) == ring->memptrs->rptr);
+		empty = (get_wptr(ring) == gpu->funcs->get_rptr(gpu, ring));
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->preempt_lock, flags);
 
 		if (!empty)