diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
index 8690be757d80..6e24f84755b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ void radeon_vm_bo_invalidate(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 {
 	struct radeon_bo_va *bo_va;
 
-	BUG_ON(!radeon_bo_is_reserved(bo));
 	list_for_each_entry(bo_va, &bo->va, bo_list) {
 		bo_va->valid = false;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
index fe6fe2527b95..e6ee65cdfb5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void radeon_bo_get_tiling_flags(struct radeon_bo *bo,
 int radeon_bo_check_tiling(struct radeon_bo *bo, bool has_moved,
 				bool force_drop)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!radeon_bo_is_reserved(bo));
+	BUG_ON(!radeon_bo_is_reserved(bo) && !force_drop);
 
 	if (!(bo->tiling_flags & RADEON_TILING_SURFACE))
 		return 0;