diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
index d75788feac6c..b7fe660985c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
@@ -52,15 +52,17 @@
 
 typedef struct {
 	struct atom_context *ctx;
-
 	uint32_t *ps, *ws;
 	int ps_shift;
 	uint16_t start;
+	unsigned last_jump;
+	unsigned long last_jump_jiffies;
+	bool abort;
 } atom_exec_context;
 
 int atom_debug = 0;
-static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params);
-void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params);
+static int atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params);
+int atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params);
 
 static uint32_t atom_arg_mask[8] =
     { 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFF, 0xFFFF00, 0xFFFF0000, 0xFF, 0xFF00, 0xFF0000,
@@ -604,12 +606,17 @@ static void atom_op_beep(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
 static void atom_op_calltable(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
 {
 	int idx = U8((*ptr)++);
+	int r = 0;
+
 	if (idx < ATOM_TABLE_NAMES_CNT)
 		SDEBUG("   table: %d (%s)\n", idx, atom_table_names[idx]);
 	else
 		SDEBUG("   table: %d\n", idx);
 	if (U16(ctx->ctx->cmd_table + 4 + 2 * idx))
-		atom_execute_table_locked(ctx->ctx, idx, ctx->ps + ctx->ps_shift);
+		r = atom_execute_table_locked(ctx->ctx, idx, ctx->ps + ctx->ps_shift);
+	if (r) {
+		ctx->abort = true;
+	}
 }
 
 static void atom_op_clear(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
@@ -673,6 +680,8 @@ static void atom_op_eot(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
 static void atom_op_jump(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
 {
 	int execute = 0, target = U16(*ptr);
+	unsigned long cjiffies;
+
 	(*ptr) += 2;
 	switch (arg) {
 	case ATOM_COND_ABOVE:
@@ -700,8 +709,25 @@ static void atom_op_jump(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
 	if (arg != ATOM_COND_ALWAYS)
 		SDEBUG("   taken: %s\n", execute ? "yes" : "no");
 	SDEBUG("   target: 0x%04X\n", target);
-	if (execute)
+	if (execute) {
+		if (ctx->last_jump == (ctx->start + target)) {
+			cjiffies = jiffies;
+			if (time_after(cjiffies, ctx->last_jump_jiffies)) {
+				cjiffies -= ctx->last_jump_jiffies;
+				if ((jiffies_to_msecs(cjiffies) > 1000)) {
+					DRM_ERROR("atombios stuck in loop for more than 1sec aborting\n");
+					ctx->abort = true;
+				}
+			} else {
+				/* jiffies wrap around we will just wait a little longer */
+				ctx->last_jump_jiffies = jiffies;
+			}
+		} else {
+			ctx->last_jump = ctx->start + target;
+			ctx->last_jump_jiffies = jiffies;
+		}
 		*ptr = ctx->start + target;
+	}
 }
 
 static void atom_op_mask(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
@@ -1104,7 +1130,7 @@ static struct {
 	atom_op_shr, ATOM_ARG_MC}, {
 atom_op_debug, 0},};
 
-static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
+static int atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
 {
 	int base = CU16(ctx->cmd_table + 4 + 2 * index);
 	int len, ws, ps, ptr;
@@ -1112,7 +1138,7 @@ static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint3
 	atom_exec_context ectx;
 
 	if (!base)
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	len = CU16(base + ATOM_CT_SIZE_PTR);
 	ws = CU8(base + ATOM_CT_WS_PTR);
@@ -1125,6 +1151,8 @@ static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint3
 	ectx.ps_shift = ps / 4;
 	ectx.start = base;
 	ectx.ps = params;
+	ectx.abort = false;
+	ectx.last_jump = 0;
 	if (ws)
 		ectx.ws = kzalloc(4 * ws, GFP_KERNEL);
 	else
@@ -1137,6 +1165,11 @@ static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint3
 			SDEBUG("%s @ 0x%04X\n", atom_op_names[op], ptr - 1);
 		else
 			SDEBUG("[%d] @ 0x%04X\n", op, ptr - 1);
+		if (ectx.abort) {
+			DRM_ERROR("atombios stuck executing %04X (len %d, WS %d, PS %d) @ 0x%04X\n",
+				base, len, ws, ps, ptr - 1);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		if (op < ATOM_OP_CNT && op > 0)
 			opcode_table[op].func(&ectx, &ptr,
@@ -1152,10 +1185,13 @@ static void atom_execute_table_locked(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint3
 
 	if (ws)
 		kfree(ectx.ws);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
+int atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
 {
+	int r;
+
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 	/* reset reg block */
 	ctx->reg_block = 0;
@@ -1163,8 +1199,9 @@ void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint32_t * params)
 	ctx->fb_base = 0;
 	/* reset io mode */
 	ctx->io_mode = ATOM_IO_MM;
-	atom_execute_table_locked(ctx, index, params);
+	r = atom_execute_table_locked(ctx, index, params);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+	return r;
 }
 
 static int atom_iio_len[] = { 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3 };
@@ -1248,9 +1285,7 @@ int atom_asic_init(struct atom_context *ctx)
 
 	if (!CU16(ctx->cmd_table + 4 + 2 * ATOM_CMD_INIT))
 		return 1;
-	atom_execute_table(ctx, ATOM_CMD_INIT, ps);
-
-	return 0;
+	return atom_execute_table(ctx, ATOM_CMD_INIT, ps);
 }
 
 void atom_destroy(struct atom_context *ctx)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h
index bc73781423a1..1b2626314804 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ struct atom_context {
 extern int atom_debug;
 
 struct atom_context *atom_parse(struct card_info *, void *);
-void atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *, int, uint32_t *);
+int atom_execute_table(struct atom_context *, int, uint32_t *);
 int atom_asic_init(struct atom_context *);
 void atom_destroy(struct atom_context *);
 void atom_parse_data_header(struct atom_context *ctx, int index, uint16_t *size, uint8_t *frev, uint8_t *crev, uint16_t *data_start);