diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.c b/drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.c
index f493546b2d45..7f025fb620de 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/intel-gtt.c
@@ -1190,7 +1190,6 @@ static inline int needs_idle_maps(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU
 	const unsigned short gpu_devid = intel_private.pcidev->device;
-	extern int intel_iommu_gfx_mapped;
 
 	/* Query intel_iommu to see if we need the workaround. Presumably that
 	 * was loaded first.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 9341eb8ce93b..8a62285ddbd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1183,6 +1183,21 @@ static bool i915_switcheroo_can_switch(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return can_switch;
 }
 
+static bool
+intel_enable_ppgtt(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	if (i915_enable_ppgtt >= 0)
+		return i915_enable_ppgtt;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU
+	/* Disable ppgtt on SNB if VT-d is on. */
+	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 6 && intel_iommu_gfx_mapped)
+		return false;
+#endif
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int i915_load_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
@@ -1197,7 +1212,7 @@ static int i915_load_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	drm_mm_init(&dev_priv->mm.stolen, 0, prealloc_size);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (i915_enable_ppgtt && HAS_ALIASING_PPGTT(dev)) {
+	if (intel_enable_ppgtt(dev) && HAS_ALIASING_PPGTT(dev)) {
 		/* PPGTT pdes are stolen from global gtt ptes, so shrink the
 		 * aperture accordingly when using aliasing ppgtt. */
 		gtt_size -= I915_PPGTT_PD_ENTRIES*PAGE_SIZE;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 77afd3176dd0..19d55bc54873 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_hangcheck,
 		"WARNING: Disabling this can cause system wide hangs. "
 		"(default: true)");
 
-bool i915_enable_ppgtt __read_mostly = 1;
-module_param_named(i915_enable_ppgtt, i915_enable_ppgtt, bool, 0600);
+int i915_enable_ppgtt __read_mostly = -1;
+module_param_named(i915_enable_ppgtt, i915_enable_ppgtt, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(i915_enable_ppgtt,
 		"Enable PPGTT (default: true)");
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 2c192270cb0d..5fabc6c31fec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ extern int i915_vbt_sdvo_panel_type __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_enable_rc6 __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_enable_fbc __read_mostly;
 extern bool i915_enable_hangcheck __read_mostly;
-extern bool i915_enable_ppgtt __read_mostly;
+extern int i915_enable_ppgtt __read_mostly;
 
 extern int i915_suspend(struct drm_device *dev, pm_message_t state);
 extern int i915_resume(struct drm_device *dev);
diff --git a/include/drm/intel-gtt.h b/include/drm/intel-gtt.h
index 0a0001b9dc78..923afb5dcf0c 100644
--- a/include/drm/intel-gtt.h
+++ b/include/drm/intel-gtt.h
@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ void intel_gtt_insert_pages(unsigned int first_entry, unsigned int num_entries,
 /* flag for GFDT type */
 #define AGP_USER_CACHED_MEMORY_GFDT (1 << 3)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU
+extern int intel_iommu_gfx_mapped;
+#endif
+
 #endif