diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cp.c
index 06123ba31d31..dc6eba6b96dd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cp.c
@@ -1644,6 +1644,7 @@ static int radeon_do_resume_cp(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_pri
 	radeon_cp_load_microcode(dev_priv);
 	radeon_cp_init_ring_buffer(dev, dev_priv, file_priv);
 
+	dev_priv->have_z_offset = 0;
 	radeon_do_engine_reset(dev);
 	radeon_irq_set_state(dev, RADEON_SW_INT_ENABLE, 1);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.h
index f6d20cee5705..ee484b61bc5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.h
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ typedef struct drm_radeon_private {
 
 	u32 scratch_ages[5];
 
+	int have_z_offset;
+
 	/* starting from here on, data is preserved accross an open */
 	uint32_t flags;		/* see radeon_chip_flags */
 	resource_size_t fb_aper_offset;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_state.c
index 44b6d66b0ab3..8e69dc485dcb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_state.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static __inline__ int radeon_check_and_fixup_packets(drm_radeon_private_t *
 			DRM_ERROR("Invalid depth buffer offset\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		dev_priv->have_z_offset = 1;
 		break;
 
 	case RADEON_EMIT_PP_CNTL:
@@ -898,6 +899,11 @@ static void radeon_cp_dispatch_clear(struct drm_device * dev,
 		if (tmp & RADEON_BACK)
 			flags |= RADEON_FRONT;
 	}
+	if (flags & (RADEON_DEPTH|RADEON_STENCIL)) {
+		if (!dev_priv->have_z_offset)
+			printk_once(KERN_ERR "radeon: illegal depth clear request. Buggy mesa detected - please update.\n");
+		flags &= ~(RADEON_DEPTH | RADEON_STENCIL);
+	}
 
 	if (flags & (RADEON_FRONT | RADEON_BACK)) {