diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
index e2b728c7a1..e214c57dd2 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
@@ -1978,6 +1978,8 @@ static ssize_t _sde_debugfs_conn_cmd_tx_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	struct drm_connector *connector = file->private_data;
 	struct sde_connector *c_conn = NULL;
+	struct sde_vm_ops *vm_ops;
+	struct sde_kms *sde_kms;
 	char *input, *token, *input_copy, *input_dup = NULL;
 	const char *delim = " ";
 	char buffer[MAX_CMD_PAYLOAD_SIZE] = {0};
@@ -1988,9 +1990,14 @@ static ssize_t _sde_debugfs_conn_cmd_tx_write(struct file *file,
 		SDE_ERROR("invalid argument(s), conn %d\n", connector != NULL);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-
 	c_conn = to_sde_connector(connector);
 
+	sde_kms = _sde_connector_get_kms(&c_conn->base);
+	if (!sde_kms) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid kms\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (!c_conn->ops.cmd_transfer) {
 		SDE_ERROR("no cmd transfer support for connector name %s\n",
 				c_conn->name);
@@ -2001,6 +2008,14 @@ static ssize_t _sde_debugfs_conn_cmd_tx_write(struct file *file,
 	if (!input)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	vm_ops = sde_vm_get_ops(sde_kms);
+	sde_vm_lock(sde_kms);
+	if (vm_ops && vm_ops->vm_owns_hw && !vm_ops->vm_owns_hw(sde_kms)) {
+		SDE_DEBUG("op not supported due to HW unavailablity\n");
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	if (copy_from_user(input, p, count)) {
 		SDE_ERROR("copy from user failed\n");
 		rc = -EFAULT;
@@ -2050,6 +2065,7 @@ static ssize_t _sde_debugfs_conn_cmd_tx_write(struct file *file,
 end1:
 	kfree(input_dup);
 end:
+	sde_vm_unlock(sde_kms);
 	kfree(input);
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c b/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
index ccfbe254b0..984ddd0ff7 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "sde_core_perf.h"
 #include "sde_trace.h"
 #include "msm_drv.h"
+#include "sde_vm.h"
 
 #define SDE_PSTATES_MAX (SDE_STAGE_MAX * 4)
 #define SDE_MULTIRECT_PLANE_MAX (SDE_STAGE_MAX * 2)
@@ -6272,6 +6273,7 @@ static ssize_t _sde_crtc_misr_read(struct file *file,
 	struct sde_crtc *sde_crtc;
 	struct sde_kms *sde_kms;
 	struct sde_crtc_mixer *m;
+	struct sde_vm_ops *vm_ops;
 	int i = 0, rc;
 	ssize_t len = 0;
 	char buf[MISR_BUFF_SIZE + 1] = {'\0'};
@@ -6292,8 +6294,17 @@ static ssize_t _sde_crtc_misr_read(struct file *file,
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
 
+	vm_ops = sde_vm_get_ops(sde_kms);
+	sde_vm_lock(sde_kms);
+	if (vm_ops && vm_ops->vm_owns_hw && !vm_ops->vm_owns_hw(sde_kms)) {
+		SDE_DEBUG("op not supported due to HW unavailability\n");
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	if (sde_kms_is_secure_session_inprogress(sde_kms)) {
 		SDE_DEBUG("crtc:%d misr read not allowed\n", DRMID(crtc));
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto end;
 	}
 
@@ -6343,6 +6354,7 @@ buff_check:
 	*ppos += len;   /* increase offset */
 
 end:
+	sde_vm_unlock(sde_kms);
 	pm_runtime_put_sync(crtc->dev->dev);
 	return len;
 }
diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
index 45054f552a..1ff00bfbd1 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "sde_hw_top.h"
 #include "sde_hw_qdss.h"
 #include "sde_encoder_dce.h"
+#include "sde_vm.h"
 
 #define SDE_DEBUG_ENC(e, fmt, ...) SDE_DEBUG("enc%d " fmt,\
 		(e) ? (e)->base.base.id : -1, ##__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -4608,6 +4609,7 @@ static ssize_t _sde_encoder_misr_read(struct file *file,
 	struct sde_encoder_virt *sde_enc;
 	struct sde_kms *sde_kms = NULL;
 	struct drm_encoder *drm_enc;
+	struct sde_vm_ops *vm_ops;
 	int i = 0, len = 0;
 	char buf[MISR_BUFF_SIZE + 1] = {'\0'};
 	int rc;
@@ -4633,6 +4635,14 @@ static ssize_t _sde_encoder_misr_read(struct file *file,
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
 
+	vm_ops = sde_vm_get_ops(sde_kms);
+	sde_vm_lock(sde_kms);
+	if (vm_ops && vm_ops->vm_owns_hw && !vm_ops->vm_owns_hw(sde_kms)) {
+		SDE_DEBUG("op not supported due to HW unavailablity\n");
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	if (!sde_enc->misr_enable) {
 		len += scnprintf(buf + len, MISR_BUFF_SIZE - len,
 				"disabled\n");
@@ -4680,6 +4690,7 @@ buff_check:
 	*ppos += len;   /* increase offset */
 
 end:
+	sde_vm_unlock(sde_kms);
 	pm_runtime_put_sync(drm_enc->dev->dev);
 	return len;
 }