diff --git a/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c b/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c
index 427885530..58ef05291 100644
--- a/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #define AMDGPU_KFD_DEVICE "/dev/kfd"
 #define PROCPIDMEM	  "/proc/%d/mem"
 
+#define KFD_IOCTL_MAJOR_VERSION	    1
+#define MIN_KFD_IOCTL_MINOR_VERSION 7
+
 #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
 #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 #endif
@@ -410,6 +413,42 @@ exit:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bool kernel_supports_criu(int fd)
+{
+	struct kfd_ioctl_get_version_args args = { 0 };
+	bool close_fd = false, ret = true;
+
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		fd = open(AMDGPU_KFD_DEVICE, O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			pr_perror("failed to open kfd in plugin");
+			return false;
+		}
+		close_fd = true;
+	}
+
+	if (kmtIoctl(fd, AMDKFD_IOC_GET_VERSION, &args) == -1) {
+		pr_perror("amdgpu_plugin: Failed to call get version ioctl");
+		ret = false;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("Kernel IOCTL version:%d.%02d\n", args.major_version, args.minor_version);
+
+	if (args.major_version != KFD_IOCTL_MAJOR_VERSION || args.minor_version < MIN_KFD_IOCTL_MINOR_VERSION) {
+		pr_err("amdgpu_plugin: CR not supported on current kernel (current:%02d.%02d min:%02d.%02d)\n",
+		       args.major_version, args.minor_version, KFD_IOCTL_MAJOR_VERSION, MIN_KFD_IOCTL_MINOR_VERSION);
+		ret = false;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+exit:
+	if (close_fd)
+		close(fd);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int amdgpu_plugin_dump_file(int fd, int id)
 {
 	struct kfd_ioctl_criu_args args = { 0 };
@@ -466,6 +505,14 @@ int amdgpu_plugin_dump_file(int fd, int id)
 
 	pr_info("amdgpu_plugin: %s : %s() called for fd = %d\n", CR_PLUGIN_DESC.name, __func__, major(st.st_rdev));
 
+	/* KFD only allows ioctl calls from the same process that opened the KFD file descriptor.
+	 * The existing /dev/kfd file descriptor that is passed in is only allowed to do IOCTL calls with
+	 * CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE/CAP_SYS_ADMIN. So kernel_supports_criu() needs to open its own file descriptor to
+	 * perform the AMDKFD_IOC_GET_VERSION ioctl.
+	 */
+	if (!kernel_supports_criu(-1))
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+
 	args.op = KFD_CRIU_OP_PROCESS_INFO;
 	if (kmtIoctl(fd, AMDKFD_IOC_CRIU_OP, &args) == -1) {
 		pr_perror("amdgpu_plugin: Failed to call process info ioctl");
@@ -808,6 +855,9 @@ int amdgpu_plugin_restore_file(int id)
 
 	pr_info("kfd img file size on disk = %ld\n", filestat.st_size);
 
+	if (!kernel_supports_criu(fd))
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+
 	buf = xmalloc(filestat.st_size);
 	if (!buf) {
 		pr_perror("Failed to allocate memory");