diff --git a/sys/dev/pci/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c b/sys/dev/pci/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
index 1a68011436c..01ce537b25c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/pci/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
+++ b/sys/dev/pci/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ static int vcn_v5_0_0_sw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 		fw_shared->present_flag_0 = cpu_to_le32(AMDGPU_FW_SHARED_FLAG_0_UNIFIED_QUEUE);
 		fw_shared->sq.is_enabled = 1;
 
+		fw_shared->present_flag_0 |= cpu_to_le32(AMDGPU_VCN_SMU_DPM_INTERFACE_FLAG);
+		fw_shared->smu_dpm_interface.smu_interface_type = (adev->flags & AMD_IS_APU) ?
+			AMDGPU_VCN_SMU_DPM_INTERFACE_APU : AMDGPU_VCN_SMU_DPM_INTERFACE_DGPU;
+
 		if (amdgpu_vcnfw_log)
 			amdgpu_vcn_fwlog_init(&adev->vcn.inst[i]);