diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index 417d8c61109e..90d9bd2339eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -3342,11 +3342,15 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_sparse_phys_alloc(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	unsigned int cmd, void *data)
 {
 	struct kgsl_process_private *process = dev_priv->process_priv;
+	struct kgsl_device *device = dev_priv->device;
 	struct kgsl_sparse_phys_alloc *param = data;
 	struct kgsl_mem_entry *entry;
 	int ret;
 	int id;
 
+	if (!(device->flags & KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	ret = _sparse_alloc_param_sanity_check(param->size, param->pagesize);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -3425,9 +3429,13 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_sparse_phys_free(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	unsigned int cmd, void *data)
 {
 	struct kgsl_process_private *process = dev_priv->process_priv;
+	struct kgsl_device *device = dev_priv->device;
 	struct kgsl_sparse_phys_free *param = data;
 	struct kgsl_mem_entry *entry;
 
+	if (!(device->flags & KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	entry = kgsl_sharedmem_find_id_flags(process, param->id,
 			KGSL_MEMFLAGS_SPARSE_PHYS);
 	if (entry == NULL)
@@ -3457,10 +3465,14 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_sparse_virt_alloc(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	unsigned int cmd, void *data)
 {
 	struct kgsl_process_private *private = dev_priv->process_priv;
+	struct kgsl_device *device = dev_priv->device;
 	struct kgsl_sparse_virt_alloc *param = data;
 	struct kgsl_mem_entry *entry;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!(device->flags & KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	ret = _sparse_alloc_param_sanity_check(param->size, param->pagesize);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -3500,9 +3512,13 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_sparse_virt_free(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	unsigned int cmd, void *data)
 {
 	struct kgsl_process_private *process = dev_priv->process_priv;
+	struct kgsl_device *device = dev_priv->device;
 	struct kgsl_sparse_virt_free *param = data;
 	struct kgsl_mem_entry *entry = NULL;
 
+	if (!(device->flags & KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	entry = kgsl_sharedmem_find_id_flags(process, param->id,
 			KGSL_MEMFLAGS_SPARSE_VIRT);
 	if (entry == NULL)
@@ -3849,6 +3865,7 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_sparse_bind(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 		unsigned int cmd, void *data)
 {
 	struct kgsl_process_private *private = dev_priv->process_priv;
+	struct kgsl_device *device = dev_priv->device;
 	struct kgsl_sparse_bind *param = data;
 	struct kgsl_sparse_binding_object obj;
 	struct kgsl_mem_entry *virt_entry;
@@ -3857,6 +3874,9 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_sparse_bind(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i = 0;
 
+	if (!(device->flags & KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	ptr = (void __user *) (uintptr_t) param->list;
 
 	if (param->size > sizeof(struct kgsl_sparse_binding_object) ||
@@ -3912,6 +3932,9 @@ long kgsl_ioctl_gpu_sparse_command(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	long result;
 	unsigned int i = 0;
 
+	if (!(device->flags & KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	/* Make sure sparse and syncpoint count isn't too big */
 	if (param->numsparse > KGSL_MAX_SPARSE ||
 		param->numsyncs > KGSL_MAX_SYNCPOINTS)
@@ -4720,6 +4743,9 @@ int kgsl_device_platform_probe(struct kgsl_device *device)
 	/* Initialize logging first, so that failures below actually print. */
 	kgsl_device_debugfs_init(device);
 
+	/* Disable the sparse ioctl invocation as they are not used */
+	device->flags &= ~KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE;
+
 	status = kgsl_pwrctrl_init(device);
 	if (status)
 		goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h
index 549e23cfc273..0ab6041b3bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ enum kgsl_event_results {
 };
 
 #define KGSL_FLAG_WAKE_ON_TOUCH BIT(0)
+#define KGSL_FLAG_SPARSE        BIT(1)
 
 /*
  * "list" of event types for ftrace symbolic magic