diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c
index f25759962e0c..c693c508df1a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ uint32_t amdgpu_amdkfd_get_max_engine_clock_in_mhz(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
 int amdgpu_amdkfd_get_dmabuf_info(struct amdgpu_device *adev, int dma_buf_fd,
 				  struct amdgpu_device **dmabuf_adev,
-				  uint64_t *bo_size, void *metadata_buffer,
+				  uint64_t *bo_size, void **metadata_buffer,
 				  size_t buffer_size, uint32_t *metadata_size,
 				  uint32_t *flags, int8_t *xcp_id)
 {
@@ -593,9 +593,24 @@ int amdgpu_amdkfd_get_dmabuf_info(struct amdgpu_device *adev, int dma_buf_fd,
 		*dmabuf_adev = adev;
 	if (bo_size)
 		*bo_size = amdgpu_bo_size(bo);
-	if (metadata_buffer)
-		r = amdgpu_bo_get_metadata(bo, metadata_buffer, buffer_size,
-					   metadata_size, &metadata_flags);
+	if (metadata_buffer) {
+		/* first get metadata_size by buffer = NULL */
+		r = amdgpu_bo_get_metadata(bo, NULL, 0,
+					   metadata_size, NULL);
+
+		/* user buf_size is bigger than bo metadata_size
+		 * allocate a buf at kernel space and copy */
+		if (*metadata_size <= buffer_size) {
+			*metadata_buffer = kzalloc(*metadata_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+			if (!*metadata_buffer)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
+			r = amdgpu_bo_get_metadata(bo, *metadata_buffer, *metadata_size,
+						   NULL, &metadata_flags);
+		} else
+			r = -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (flags) {
 		*flags = (bo->preferred_domains & AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM) ?
 				KFD_IOC_ALLOC_MEM_FLAGS_VRAM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.h
index 32132be6e683..5b49fa50a47d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ uint64_t amdgpu_amdkfd_get_gpu_clock_counter(struct amdgpu_device *adev);
 uint32_t amdgpu_amdkfd_get_max_engine_clock_in_mhz(struct amdgpu_device *adev);
 int amdgpu_amdkfd_get_dmabuf_info(struct amdgpu_device *adev, int dma_buf_fd,
 				  struct amdgpu_device **dmabuf_adev,
-				  uint64_t *bo_size, void *metadata_buffer,
+				  uint64_t *bo_size, void **metadata_buffer,
 				  size_t buffer_size, uint32_t *metadata_size,
 				  uint32_t *flags, int8_t *xcp_id);
 int amdgpu_amdkfd_get_pcie_bandwidth_mbytes(struct amdgpu_device *adev, bool is_min);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
index 734a5a2a251f..d41773aeb49c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
@@ -1562,16 +1562,10 @@ static int kfd_ioctl_get_dmabuf_info(struct file *filep,
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (args->metadata_ptr) {
-		metadata_buffer = kzalloc(args->metadata_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!metadata_buffer)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	/* Get dmabuf info from KGD */
 	r = amdgpu_amdkfd_get_dmabuf_info(dev->adev, args->dmabuf_fd,
 					  &dmabuf_adev, &args->size,
-					  metadata_buffer, args->metadata_size,
+					  &metadata_buffer, args->metadata_size,
 					  &args->metadata_size, &flags, &xcp_id);
 	if (r)
 		goto exit;
@@ -1583,7 +1577,7 @@ static int kfd_ioctl_get_dmabuf_info(struct file *filep,
 	args->flags = flags;
 
 	/* Copy metadata buffer to user mode */
-	if (metadata_buffer) {
+	if (metadata_buffer && args->metadata_ptr) {
 		r = copy_to_user((void __user *)args->metadata_ptr,
 				 metadata_buffer, args->metadata_size);
 		if (r != 0)