diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 90414ae86afc..409826da3099 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1045,6 +1045,8 @@ void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 int i915_gem_object_set_domain(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 			       uint32_t read_domains,
 			       uint32_t write_domain);
+int i915_gem_object_flush_gpu(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+			      bool interruptible);
 int i915_gem_init_ringbuffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_do_init(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long start,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index eba9b1615228..951e3d463113 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2907,6 +2907,20 @@ i915_gem_object_set_to_display_plane(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+i915_gem_object_flush_gpu(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+			  bool interruptible)
+{
+	if (!obj->active)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (obj->base.write_domain & I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS)
+		i915_gem_flush_ring(obj->base.dev, NULL, obj->ring,
+				    0, obj->base.write_domain);
+
+	return i915_gem_object_wait_rendering(&obj->base, interruptible);
+}
+
 /**
  * Moves a single object to the CPU read, and possibly write domain.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 48d8fd686ea9..bee24b1a58e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -1611,6 +1611,18 @@ intel_pipe_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc, int x, int y,
 
 		wait_event(dev_priv->pending_flip_queue,
 			   atomic_read(&obj_priv->pending_flip) == 0);
+
+		/* Big Hammer, we also need to ensure that any pending
+		 * MI_WAIT_FOR_EVENT inside a user batch buffer on the
+		 * current scanout is retired before unpinning the old
+		 * framebuffer.
+		 */
+		ret = i915_gem_object_flush_gpu(obj_priv, false);
+		if (ret) {
+			i915_gem_object_unpin(to_intel_framebuffer(crtc->fb)->obj);
+			mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = intel_pipe_set_base_atomic(crtc, crtc->fb, x, y,