diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py
index edcd43d23d..ba14457050 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_qcom.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-import os, ctypes, functools, mmap, struct, array, math, sys, weakref
+import os, ctypes, functools, mmap, struct, array, math, sys, weakref, contextlib
 assert sys.platform != 'win32'
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import Any, cast
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from tinygrad.runtime.support.hcq import FileIOInterface, MMIOInterface
 from tinygrad.runtime.autogen import kgsl, adreno
 from tinygrad.runtime.ops_cl import CLCompiler, CLDevice
 from tinygrad.renderer.cstyle import QCOMRenderer
-from tinygrad.helpers import getenv, mv_address, to_mv, round_up, data64_le, prod, fromimport, cpu_profile, lo32, PROFILE, colored
+from tinygrad.helpers import getenv, mv_address, to_mv, round_up, data64_le, prod, fromimport, cpu_profile, lo32, PROFILE
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.system import System
 if getenv("IOCTL"): import extra.qcom_gpu_driver.opencl_ioctl  # noqa: F401  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
 BUFTYPE_BUF, BUFTYPE_TEX, BUFTYPE_IBO = 0, 1, 2
@@ -348,9 +349,8 @@ class QCOMDevice(HCQCompiled):
     # a7xx start with 730x or 'Cxxx', a8xx starts 'Exxx'
     if self.gpu_id[:2] >= (7, 3): raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported GPU: chip_id={info.chip_id:#x}")
 
-    if PROFILE and self.gpu_id[:2] < (7, 3) and int(FileIOInterface('/sys/class/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/idle_timer', os.O_RDONLY).read(), 0) < 4000000000:
-      print(colored("WARNING: gpu can go into suspend mode and reset timestamps. "
-                    "Run 'echo \"4294947000\" | sudo tee /sys/class/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/idle_timer' to prevent idle state.", "yellow"))
+    if PROFILE and self.gpu_id[:2] < (7, 3):
+      System.write_sysfs("/sys/class/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/idle_timer", value="4000000000", msg="Failed to disable suspend mode", expected="4294967276")
 
     compilers = [(QCOMRenderer, functools.partial(QCOMCompiler, device))]
     super().__init__(device, QCOMAllocator(self), compilers, functools.partial(QCOMProgram, self), QCOMSignal,
@@ -376,3 +376,7 @@ class QCOMDevice(HCQCompiled):
       self.synchronize()
       self._gpu_free(self._stack)
       self._stack = self._gpu_alloc(sz)
+
+  def _at_profile_finalize(self):
+    super()._at_profile_finalize()
+    with contextlib.suppress(RuntimeError): System.write_sysfs("/sys/class/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/idle_timer", "10", "Failed to reenable suspend mode")
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py b/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py
index b6ad01bc41..6ad514e851 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/support/system.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ MAP_FIXED, MAP_LOCKED, MAP_POPULATE, MAP_NORESERVE = 0x10, 0 if OSX else 0x2000,
 class PCIBarInfo: addr:int; size:int # noqa: E702
 
 class _System:
+  def write_sysfs(self, path:str, value:str, msg:str, expected:str|None=None):
+    if FileIOInterface(path, os.O_RDONLY).read().splitlines()[0] != (expected or value):
+      os.system(cmd:=f"sudo sh -c 'echo {value} > {path}'")
+      if FileIOInterface(path, os.O_RDONLY).read().splitlines()[0] != (expected or value): raise RuntimeError(f"{msg}. Please run {cmd} manually.")
+
   @functools.cached_property
   def atomic_lib(self): return ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('atomic')) if sys.platform == "linux" else None
 
@@ -26,9 +31,7 @@ class _System:
 
   @functools.cached_property
   def pagemap(self) -> FileIOInterface:
-    if FileIOInterface(reloc_sysfs:="/proc/sys/vm/compact_unevictable_allowed", os.O_RDONLY).read()[0] != "0":
-      os.system(cmd:=f"sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > {reloc_sysfs}'")
-      assert FileIOInterface(reloc_sysfs, os.O_RDONLY).read()[0] == "0", f"Failed to disable migration of locked pages. Please run {cmd} manually."
+    self.write_sysfs("/proc/sys/vm/compact_unevictable_allowed", "0", "Failed to disable migration of locked pages")
     return FileIOInterface("/proc/self/pagemap", os.O_RDONLY)
 
   @functools.cached_property