diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_rd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_rd.c
index c7832a951039..a6b024b06b36 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_rd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_rd.c
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ static int rd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	file->private_data = rd;
 	rd->open = true;
 
+	/* Reset fifo to clear any previously unread data: */
+	rd->fifo.head = rd->fifo.tail = 0;
+
 	/* the parsing tools need to know gpu-id to know which
 	 * register database to load.
 	 */