diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
index 1eb826d9208e..2226281e8146 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
@@ -1718,6 +1718,12 @@ static int kfd_ioctl_svm(struct file *filep, struct kfd_process *p, void *data)
 	struct kfd_ioctl_svm_args *args = data;
 	int r = 0;
 
+	if (p->context_id != KFD_CONTEXT_ID_PRIMARY) {
+		pr_debug("SVM ioctl not supported on non-primary kfd process\n");
+
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	pr_debug("start 0x%llx size 0x%llx op 0x%x nattr 0x%x\n",
 		 args->start_addr, args->size, args->op, args->nattr);