diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 57e8eb636a77..ee64b7301f67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -944,11 +944,14 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	dev->mode_config.fb_base = drm_get_resource_start(dev, fb_bar) &
 		0xff000000;
 
-	if (IS_MOBILE(dev) || (IS_I9XX(dev) && !IS_I965G(dev) && !IS_G33(dev)))
+	if (IS_MOBILE(dev) || IS_I9XX(dev))
 		dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical = true;
 	else
 		dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical = false;
 
+	if (IS_I965G(dev) || IS_G33(dev))
+		dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical = false;
+
 	ret = i915_probe_agp(dev, &agp_size, &prealloc_size);
 	if (ret)
 		goto kfree_devname;