diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
index c842545368fd..3c215f0a6052 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -254,6 +255,8 @@ static enum iommu_init_state init_state = IOMMU_START_STATE;
 static int amd_iommu_enable_interrupts(void);
 static int __init iommu_go_to_state(enum iommu_init_state state);
 static void init_device_table_dma(void);
+static int iommu_pc_get_set_reg(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u8 bank, u8 cntr,
+				u8 fxn, u64 *value, bool is_write);
 
 static bool amd_iommu_pre_enabled = true;
 
@@ -1717,13 +1720,11 @@ static int __init init_iommu_all(struct acpi_table_header *table)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int iommu_pc_get_set_reg(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u8 bank, u8 cntr,
-				u8 fxn, u64 *value, bool is_write);
-
-static void init_iommu_perf_ctr(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
+static void __init init_iommu_perf_ctr(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
 {
+	int retry;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = iommu->dev;
-	u64 val = 0xabcd, val2 = 0, save_reg = 0;
+	u64 val = 0xabcd, val2 = 0, save_reg, save_src;
 
 	if (!iommu_feature(iommu, FEATURE_PC))
 		return;
@@ -1731,17 +1732,39 @@ static void init_iommu_perf_ctr(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
 	amd_iommu_pc_present = true;
 
 	/* save the value to restore, if writable */
-	if (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &save_reg, false))
+	if (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &save_reg, false) ||
+	    iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 8, &save_src, false))
+		goto pc_false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable power gating by programing the performance counter
+	 * source to 20 (i.e. counts the reads and writes from/to IOMMU
+	 * Reserved Register [MMIO Offset 1FF8h] that are ignored.),
+	 * which never get incremented during this init phase.
+	 * (Note: The event is also deprecated.)
+	 */
+	val = 20;
+	if (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 8, &val, true))
 		goto pc_false;
 
 	/* Check if the performance counters can be written to */
-	if ((iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &val, true)) ||
-	    (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &val2, false)) ||
-	    (val != val2))
-		goto pc_false;
+	val = 0xabcd;
+	for (retry = 5; retry; retry--) {
+		if (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &val, true) ||
+		    iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &val2, false) ||
+		    val2)
+			break;
+
+		/* Wait about 20 msec for power gating to disable and retry. */
+		msleep(20);
+	}
 
 	/* restore */
-	if (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &save_reg, true))
+	if (iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 0, &save_reg, true) ||
+	    iommu_pc_get_set_reg(iommu, 0, 0, 8, &save_src, true))
+		goto pc_false;
+
+	if (val != val2)
 		goto pc_false;
 
 	pci_info(pdev, "IOMMU performance counters supported\n");