diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
index 196612addfd6..1c9c0cdf85db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
@@ -2693,9 +2693,20 @@ nv50_display_create(struct drm_device *dev)
 	else
 		nouveau_display(dev)->format_modifiers = disp50xx_modifiers;
 
-	if (disp->disp->object.oclass >= GK104_DISP) {
+	/* FIXME: 256x256 cursors are supported on Kepler, however unlike Maxwell and later
+	 * generations Kepler requires that we use small pages (4K) for cursor scanout surfaces. The
+	 * proper fix for this is to teach nouveau to migrate fbs being used for the cursor plane to
+	 * small page allocations in prepare_fb(). When this is implemented, we should also force
+	 * large pages (128K) for ovly fbs in order to fix Kepler ovlys.
+	 * But until then, just limit cursors to 128x128 - which is small enough to avoid ever using
+	 * large pages.
+	 */
+	if (disp->disp->object.oclass >= GM107_DISP) {
 		dev->mode_config.cursor_width = 256;
 		dev->mode_config.cursor_height = 256;
+	} else if (disp->disp->object.oclass >= GK104_DISP) {
+		dev->mode_config.cursor_width = 128;
+		dev->mode_config.cursor_height = 128;
 	} else {
 		dev->mode_config.cursor_width = 64;
 		dev->mode_config.cursor_height = 64;