diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 42866c01540dc5e2bae4cec6d7dae85520c1c2fd..4590c78f428393e115c0085a5acd372a1dbfd2df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -971,7 +971,8 @@ i915_gem_pwrite_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (obj_priv->phys_obj)
 		ret = i915_gem_phys_pwrite(dev, obj, args, file_priv);
 	else if (obj_priv->tiling_mode == I915_TILING_NONE &&
-		 dev->gtt_total != 0) {
+		 dev->gtt_total != 0 &&
+		 obj->write_domain != I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU) {
 		ret = i915_gem_gtt_pwrite_fast(dev, obj, args, file_priv);
 		if (ret == -EFAULT) {
 			ret = i915_gem_gtt_pwrite_slow(dev, obj, args,