diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 9811980d6837e9fdd57fec5a3191a66301c75e66..a13290a8ba308bc9dc6c0d5b4ba1c23815fdc38f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1706,6 +1706,7 @@ int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *area, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	pgoff_t page_offset;
 	unsigned long pfn;
+	unsigned int flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* We don't use vmf->pgoff since that has the fake offset */
@@ -1735,9 +1736,16 @@ int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *area, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* If the object is smaller than a couple of partial vma, it is
+	 * not worth only creating a single partial vma - we may as well
+	 * clear enough space for the full object.
+	 */
+	flags = PIN_MAPPABLE;
+	if (obj->base.size > 2 * MIN_CHUNK_PAGES << PAGE_SHIFT)
+		flags |= PIN_NONBLOCK | PIN_NONFAULT;
+
 	/* Now pin it into the GTT as needed */
-	vma = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(obj, NULL, 0, 0,
-				       PIN_MAPPABLE | PIN_NONBLOCK);
+	vma = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(obj, NULL, 0, 0, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		struct i915_ggtt_view view;
 		unsigned int chunk_size;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
index f76c06e9267736c50060d5281e49baff6ba77d6c..815d5fbe07acaa935dc17eca3cbc6de660ed7b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ gpu_is_idle(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 }
 
 static bool
-mark_free(struct i915_vma *vma, struct list_head *unwind)
+mark_free(struct i915_vma *vma, unsigned int flags, struct list_head *unwind)
 {
 	if (i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
 		return false;
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ mark_free(struct i915_vma *vma, struct list_head *unwind)
 	if (WARN_ON(!list_empty(&vma->exec_list)))
 		return false;
 
+	if (flags & PIN_NONFAULT && vma->obj->fault_mappable)
+		return false;
+
 	list_add(&vma->exec_list, unwind);
 	return drm_mm_scan_add_block(&vma->node);
 }
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ i915_gem_evict_something(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 	phase = phases;
 	do {
 		list_for_each_entry(vma, *phase, vm_link)
-			if (mark_free(vma, &eviction_list))
+			if (mark_free(vma, flags, &eviction_list))
 				goto found;
 	} while (*++phase);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
index c88af2ab553892bb4d1c0f4b09209075328286fb..9248a0e0b28679f8a6f5195a3ddce75e326b11ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ void i915_gem_gtt_finish_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 #define PIN_NONBLOCK		BIT(0)
 #define PIN_MAPPABLE		BIT(1)
 #define PIN_ZONE_4G		BIT(2)
+#define PIN_NONFAULT		BIT(3)
 
 #define PIN_MBZ			BIT(5) /* I915_VMA_PIN_OVERFLOW */
 #define PIN_GLOBAL		BIT(6) /* I915_VMA_GLOBAL_BIND */