diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
index 1d94b445a060..9b8169761ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_smi_events.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct kfd_smi_client {
 	bool suser;
 };
 
-#define MAX_KFIFO_SIZE	1024
+#define KFD_MAX_KFIFO_SIZE	8192
 
 static __poll_t kfd_smi_ev_poll(struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 static ssize_t kfd_smi_ev_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static ssize_t kfd_smi_ev_read(struct file *filep, char __user *user,
 	struct kfd_smi_client *client = filep->private_data;
 	unsigned char *buf;
 
-	size = min_t(size_t, size, MAX_KFIFO_SIZE);
+	size = min_t(size_t, size, KFD_MAX_KFIFO_SIZE);
 	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int kfd_smi_event_open(struct kfd_node *dev, uint32_t *fd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&client->list);
 
-	ret = kfifo_alloc(&client->fifo, MAX_KFIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = kfifo_alloc(&client->fifo, KFD_MAX_KFIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(client);
 		return ret;