diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
index e8bf0ea2dade..e616eb5f6e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,6 @@ static void r600_gpu_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 {
 	u32 tiling_config;
 	u32 ramcfg;
-	u32 cc_rb_backend_disable;
 	u32 cc_gc_shader_pipe_config;
 	u32 tmp;
 	int i, j;
@@ -1939,29 +1938,20 @@ static void r600_gpu_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	}
 	tiling_config |= BANK_SWAPS(1);
 
-	cc_rb_backend_disable = RREG32(CC_RB_BACKEND_DISABLE) & 0x00ff0000;
-	tmp = R6XX_MAX_BACKENDS -
-		r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_rb_backend_disable >> 16) & R6XX_MAX_BACKENDS_MASK);
-	if (tmp < rdev->config.r600.max_backends) {
-		rdev->config.r600.max_backends = tmp;
-	}
-
 	cc_gc_shader_pipe_config = RREG32(CC_GC_SHADER_PIPE_CONFIG) & 0x00ffff00;
-	tmp = R6XX_MAX_PIPES -
-		r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_gc_shader_pipe_config >> 8) & R6XX_MAX_PIPES_MASK);
-	if (tmp < rdev->config.r600.max_pipes) {
-		rdev->config.r600.max_pipes = tmp;
-	}
-	tmp = R6XX_MAX_SIMDS -
-		r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_gc_shader_pipe_config >> 16) & R6XX_MAX_SIMDS_MASK);
-	if (tmp < rdev->config.r600.max_simds) {
-		rdev->config.r600.max_simds = tmp;
-	}
 	tmp = rdev->config.r600.max_simds -
 		r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_gc_shader_pipe_config >> 16) & R6XX_MAX_SIMDS_MASK);
 	rdev->config.r600.active_simds = tmp;
 
 	disabled_rb_mask = (RREG32(CC_RB_BACKEND_DISABLE) >> 16) & R6XX_MAX_BACKENDS_MASK;
+	tmp = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < rdev->config.r600.max_backends; i++)
+		tmp |= (1 << i);
+	/* if all the backends are disabled, fix it up here */
+	if ((disabled_rb_mask & tmp) == tmp) {
+		for (i = 0; i < rdev->config.r600.max_backends; i++)
+			disabled_rb_mask &= ~(1 << i);
+	}
 	tmp = (tiling_config & PIPE_TILING__MASK) >> PIPE_TILING__SHIFT;
 	tmp = r6xx_remap_render_backend(rdev, tmp, rdev->config.r600.max_backends,
 					R6XX_MAX_BACKENDS, disabled_rb_mask);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rv770.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rv770.c
index 2983f17ea1b3..d9f5ce715c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rv770.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rv770.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,6 @@ static void rv770_gpu_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	u32 hdp_host_path_cntl;
 	u32 sq_dyn_gpr_size_simd_ab_0;
 	u32 gb_tiling_config = 0;
-	u32 cc_rb_backend_disable = 0;
 	u32 cc_gc_shader_pipe_config = 0;
 	u32 mc_arb_ramcfg;
 	u32 db_debug4, tmp;
@@ -1311,21 +1310,7 @@ static void rv770_gpu_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 		WREG32(SPI_CONFIG_CNTL, 0);
 	}
 
-	cc_rb_backend_disable = RREG32(CC_RB_BACKEND_DISABLE) & 0x00ff0000;
-	tmp = R7XX_MAX_BACKENDS - r600_count_pipe_bits(cc_rb_backend_disable >> 16);
-	if (tmp < rdev->config.rv770.max_backends) {
-		rdev->config.rv770.max_backends = tmp;
-	}
-
 	cc_gc_shader_pipe_config = RREG32(CC_GC_SHADER_PIPE_CONFIG) & 0xffffff00;
-	tmp = R7XX_MAX_PIPES - r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_gc_shader_pipe_config >> 8) & R7XX_MAX_PIPES_MASK);
-	if (tmp < rdev->config.rv770.max_pipes) {
-		rdev->config.rv770.max_pipes = tmp;
-	}
-	tmp = R7XX_MAX_SIMDS - r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_gc_shader_pipe_config >> 16) & R7XX_MAX_SIMDS_MASK);
-	if (tmp < rdev->config.rv770.max_simds) {
-		rdev->config.rv770.max_simds = tmp;
-	}
 	tmp = rdev->config.rv770.max_simds -
 		r600_count_pipe_bits((cc_gc_shader_pipe_config >> 16) & R7XX_MAX_SIMDS_MASK);
 	rdev->config.rv770.active_simds = tmp;
@@ -1348,6 +1333,14 @@ static void rv770_gpu_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	rdev->config.rv770.tiling_npipes = rdev->config.rv770.max_tile_pipes;
 
 	disabled_rb_mask = (RREG32(CC_RB_BACKEND_DISABLE) >> 16) & R7XX_MAX_BACKENDS_MASK;
+	tmp = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < rdev->config.rv770.max_backends; i++)
+		tmp |= (1 << i);
+	/* if all the backends are disabled, fix it up here */
+	if ((disabled_rb_mask & tmp) == tmp) {
+		for (i = 0; i < rdev->config.rv770.max_backends; i++)
+			disabled_rb_mask &= ~(1 << i);
+	}
 	tmp = (gb_tiling_config & PIPE_TILING__MASK) >> PIPE_TILING__SHIFT;
 	tmp = r6xx_remap_render_backend(rdev, tmp, rdev->config.rv770.max_backends,
 					R7XX_MAX_BACKENDS, disabled_rb_mask);