diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 11ff84eef52a..04e27806e581 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2062,6 +2062,7 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 		struct list_head timelines;
 
 		struct list_head active_rings;
+		struct list_head closed_vma;
 		u32 active_requests;
 		u32 request_serial;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 484354f25f98..5ece6ae4bdff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static u32 __i915_gem_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	i915_timelines_park(i915);
 
 	i915_pmu_gt_parked(i915);
+	i915_vma_parked(i915);
 
 	i915->gt.awake = false;
 
@@ -4795,7 +4796,7 @@ static void __i915_gem_free_objects(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 					 &obj->vma_list, obj_link) {
 			GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
 			vma->flags &= ~I915_VMA_PIN_MASK;
-			i915_vma_close(vma);
+			i915_vma_destroy(vma);
 		}
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&obj->vma_list));
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&obj->vma_tree));
@@ -5598,6 +5599,7 @@ int i915_gem_init_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gt.timelines);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gt.active_rings);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gt.closed_vma);
 
 	i915_gem_init__mm(dev_priv);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index c74f5df3fb5a..f627a8c47c58 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -762,7 +762,8 @@ static int eb_lookup_vmas(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 		}
 
 		/* transfer ref to ctx */
-		vma->open_count++;
+		if (!vma->open_count++)
+			i915_vma_reopen(vma);
 		list_add(&lut->obj_link, &obj->lut_list);
 		list_add(&lut->ctx_link, &eb->ctx->handles_list);
 		lut->ctx = eb->ctx;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index e9d828324f67..272d6bb407cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -2218,6 +2218,12 @@ i915_ppgtt_create(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 }
 
 void i915_ppgtt_close(struct i915_address_space *vm)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(vm->closed);
+	vm->closed = true;
+}
+
+static void ppgtt_destroy_vma(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
 	struct list_head *phases[] = {
 		&vm->active_list,
@@ -2226,15 +2232,12 @@ void i915_ppgtt_close(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 		NULL,
 	}, **phase;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(vm->closed);
 	vm->closed = true;
-
 	for (phase = phases; *phase; phase++) {
 		struct i915_vma *vma, *vn;
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, vn, *phase, vm_link)
-			if (!i915_vma_is_closed(vma))
-				i915_vma_close(vma);
+			i915_vma_destroy(vma);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2245,7 +2248,8 @@ void i915_ppgtt_release(struct kref *kref)
 
 	trace_i915_ppgtt_release(&ppgtt->base);
 
-	/* vmas should already be unbound and destroyed */
+	ppgtt_destroy_vma(&ppgtt->base);
+
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->base.active_list));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->base.inactive_list));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->base.unbound_list));
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index 4bda3bd29bf5..9324d476e0a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ i915_vma_retire(struct i915_gem_active *active, struct i915_request *rq)
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->inactive_list);
-	if (unlikely(i915_vma_is_closed(vma) && !i915_vma_is_pinned(vma)))
-		WARN_ON(i915_vma_unbind(vma));
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_is_active(obj));
 	if (--obj->active_count)
@@ -232,7 +230,6 @@ i915_vma_instance(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	if (!vma)
 		vma = vma_create(obj, vm, view);
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!IS_ERR(vma) && i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!IS_ERR(vma) && i915_vma_compare(vma, vm, view));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!IS_ERR(vma) && vma_lookup(obj, vm, view) != vma);
 	return vma;
@@ -684,13 +681,43 @@ err_unpin:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
+void i915_vma_close(struct i915_vma *vma)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&vma->vm->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
+	vma->flags |= I915_VMA_CLOSED;
+
+	/*
+	 * We defer actually closing, unbinding and destroying the VMA until
+	 * the next idle point, or if the object is freed in the meantime. By
+	 * postponing the unbind, we allow for it to be resurrected by the
+	 * client, avoiding the work required to rebind the VMA. This is
+	 * advantageous for DRI, where the client/server pass objects
+	 * between themselves, temporarily opening a local VMA to the
+	 * object, and then closing it again. The same object is then reused
+	 * on the next frame (or two, depending on the depth of the swap queue)
+	 * causing us to rebind the VMA once more. This ends up being a lot
+	 * of wasted work for the steady state.
+	 */
+	list_add_tail(&vma->closed_link, &vma->vm->i915->gt.closed_vma);
+}
+
+void i915_vma_reopen(struct i915_vma *vma)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&vma->vm->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	if (vma->flags & I915_VMA_CLOSED) {
+		vma->flags &= ~I915_VMA_CLOSED;
+		list_del(&vma->closed_link);
+	}
+}
+
+static void __i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(vma->node.allocated);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(vma->fence);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vma->last_read); i++)
@@ -699,6 +726,7 @@ static void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 
 	list_del(&vma->obj_link);
 	list_del(&vma->vm_link);
+	rb_erase(&vma->obj_node, &vma->obj->vma_tree);
 
 	if (!i915_vma_is_ggtt(vma))
 		i915_ppgtt_put(i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vma->vm));
@@ -706,15 +734,30 @@ static void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	kmem_cache_free(to_i915(vma->obj->base.dev)->vmas, vma);
 }
 
-void i915_vma_close(struct i915_vma *vma)
+void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
-	vma->flags |= I915_VMA_CLOSED;
+	lockdep_assert_held(&vma->vm->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 
-	rb_erase(&vma->obj_node, &vma->obj->vma_tree);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_pinned(vma));
 
-	if (!i915_vma_is_active(vma) && !i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
-		WARN_ON(i915_vma_unbind(vma));
+	if (i915_vma_is_closed(vma))
+		list_del(&vma->closed_link);
+
+	WARN_ON(i915_vma_unbind(vma));
+	__i915_vma_destroy(vma);
+}
+
+void i915_vma_parked(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
+{
+	struct i915_vma *vma, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, next, &i915->gt.closed_vma, closed_link) {
+		GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
+		i915_vma_destroy(vma);
+	}
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&i915->gt.closed_vma));
 }
 
 static void __i915_vma_iounmap(struct i915_vma *vma)
@@ -804,7 +847,7 @@ int i915_vma_unbind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node))
-		goto destroy;
+		return 0;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(obj->bind_count == 0);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pinned_pages(obj));
@@ -841,10 +884,6 @@ int i915_vma_unbind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 
 	i915_vma_remove(vma);
 
-destroy:
-	if (unlikely(i915_vma_is_closed(vma)))
-		i915_vma_destroy(vma);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
index 8c5022095418..fc4294cfaa91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ struct i915_vma {
 	/** This vma's place in the eviction list */
 	struct list_head evict_link;
 
+	struct list_head closed_link;
+
 	/**
 	 * Used for performing relocations during execbuffer insertion.
 	 */
@@ -285,6 +287,8 @@ void i915_vma_revoke_mmap(struct i915_vma *vma);
 int __must_check i915_vma_unbind(struct i915_vma *vma);
 void i915_vma_unlink_ctx(struct i915_vma *vma);
 void i915_vma_close(struct i915_vma *vma);
+void i915_vma_reopen(struct i915_vma *vma);
+void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma);
 
 int __i915_vma_do_pin(struct i915_vma *vma,
 		      u64 size, u64 alignment, u64 flags);
@@ -408,6 +412,8 @@ i915_vma_unpin_fence(struct i915_vma *vma)
 		__i915_vma_unpin_fence(vma);
 }
 
+void i915_vma_parked(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
+
 #define for_each_until(cond) if (cond) break; else
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c
index 05bbef363fff..d7c8ef8e6764 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/huge_pages.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ static int __igt_write_huge(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 out_vma_unpin:
 	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 out_vma_close:
-	i915_vma_close(vma);
+	i915_vma_destroy(vma);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index a662c0450e77..4b6622c6986a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&i915->gt.timelines);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&i915->gt.active_rings);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&i915->gt.closed_vma);
 
 	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	mock_init_ggtt(i915);