diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 83dfb4407c8f..7f33e6af6ecb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ i915_gem_pwrite_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	if (obj->gtt_space &&
 	    obj->cache_level == I915_CACHE_NONE &&
+	    obj->map_and_fenceable &&
 	    obj->base.write_domain != I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU) {
 		ret = i915_gem_gtt_pwrite_fast(dev, obj, args, file);
 		/* Note that the gtt paths might fail with non-page-backed user