diff --git a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
index bac7d0587f..2f747c98ba 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, DirectSubmissionPrintBuffers, false, "Print address
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, WaitForPagingFenceInController, -1, "Instead of waiting for paging fence on user thread, program additional semaphore which will be signaled by direct submission controller when paging fence reaches required value -1: default, 0 - disable, 1 - enable.")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, DirectSubmissionControllerIdleDetection, -1, "Terminate direct submission only if CSR is idle. -1: default, 0 - disable, 1 - enable.")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, DirectSubmissionControllerContextGroupIdleDetection, -1, "Terminate direct submission only if all CSRs in group are idle. -1: default, 0 - disable, 1 - enable.")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, DirectSubmissionInitialSemaphoreValue, -1, "-1: default, >0: initial semaphore counter value")
 /*FEATURE FLAGS*/
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, RegisterPageFaultHandlerOnMigration, false, "Register handler on migration to GPU when current is not from pagefault manager")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableNV12, true, "Enables NV12 extension")
diff --git a/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h b/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h
index 15d3f63ca3..fcecb3c34e 100644
--- a/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h
+++ b/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.h
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ class DirectSubmissionHw {
     virtual bool isCompleted(uint32_t ringBufferIndex) = 0;
 
     void updateRelaxedOrderingQueueSize(uint32_t newSize);
+    uint32_t getInitialSemaphoreValue() const;
+    void handleSemaphoreDataOverflow();
 
     virtual void makeGlobalFenceAlwaysResident(){};
     struct RingBufferUse {
diff --git a/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.inl b/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.inl
index e65517f17d..670ae01326 100644
--- a/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.inl
+++ b/shared/source/direct_submission/direct_submission_hw.inl
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ DirectSubmissionHw<GfxFamily, Dispatcher>::DirectSubmissionHw(const DirectSubmis
     if (Dispatcher::isCopy() && relaxedOrderingEnabled) {
         relaxedOrderingEnabled = (debugManager.flags.DirectSubmissionRelaxedOrderingForBcs.get() != 0);
     }
+
+    currentQueueWorkCount = getInitialSemaphoreValue();
 }
 
 template <typename GfxFamily, typename Dispatcher>
@@ -520,8 +522,27 @@ void DirectSubmissionHw<GfxFamily, Dispatcher>::dispatchUllsState() {
     }
 }
 
+template <typename GfxFamily, typename Dispatcher>
+uint32_t DirectSubmissionHw<GfxFamily, Dispatcher>::getInitialSemaphoreValue() const {
+    return debugManager.flags.DirectSubmissionInitialSemaphoreValue.getIfNotDefault<uint32_t>(1);
+}
+
+template <typename GfxFamily, typename Dispatcher>
+void DirectSubmissionHw<GfxFamily, Dispatcher>::handleSemaphoreDataOverflow() {
+    stopRingBuffer(true);
+    currentQueueWorkCount = 0;
+    unblockGpu(); // set gpu allocation to 0
+
+    currentQueueWorkCount = getInitialSemaphoreValue();
+}
+
 template <typename GfxFamily, typename Dispatcher>
 bool DirectSubmissionHw<GfxFamily, Dispatcher>::dispatchCommandBuffer(BatchBuffer &batchBuffer, FlushStampTracker &flushStamp) {
+    // Handle overflow earlier (uint32_max - 3), in case of additional ring starts/stops
+    if ((currentQueueWorkCount + 1) >= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() - 3)) {
+        handleSemaphoreDataOverflow();
+    }
+
     this->handleRingRestartForUllsLightResidency(batchBuffer.allocationsForResidency);
 
     lastSubmittedThrottle = batchBuffer.throttle;
diff --git a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
index 3e11086c49..3007a63469 100644
--- a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -676,4 +676,5 @@ ForceTotalWMTPDataSize = -1
 CopyLockedMemoryBeforeWrite = 0
 SplitBcsPerEngineMaxSize = -1
 EnableUsmPoolResidencyTracking = -1
+DirectSubmissionInitialSemaphoreValue = -1
 # Please don't edit below this line