diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index 03686fab842d3c2e0de237fa6fb027895a025a80..697add2cd4e34e89b6276659142f476ccf0c1e64 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -1056,36 +1056,36 @@ static void radeon_check_arguments(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	if (!radeon_check_pot_argument(radeon_vm_size)) {
 		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM size (%d) must be a power of 2\n",
 			 radeon_vm_size);
-		radeon_vm_size = 4096;
+		radeon_vm_size = 4;
 	}
 
-	if (radeon_vm_size < 4) {
-		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM size (%d) to small, min is 4MB\n",
+	if (radeon_vm_size < 1) {
+		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM size (%d) to small, min is 1GB\n",
 			 radeon_vm_size);
-		radeon_vm_size = 4096;
+		radeon_vm_size = 4;
 	}
 
        /*
         * Max GPUVM size for Cayman, SI and CI are 40 bits.
         */
-	if (radeon_vm_size > 1024*1024) {
-		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM size (%d) to large, max is 1TB\n",
+	if (radeon_vm_size > 1024) {
+		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM size (%d) too large, max is 1TB\n",
 			 radeon_vm_size);
-		radeon_vm_size = 4096;
+		radeon_vm_size = 4;
 	}
 
 	/* defines number of bits in page table versus page directory,
 	 * a page is 4KB so we have 12 bits offset, minimum 9 bits in the
 	 * page table and the remaining bits are in the page directory */
 	if (radeon_vm_block_size < 9) {
-		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM page table size (%d) to small\n",
+		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM page table size (%d) too small\n",
 			 radeon_vm_block_size);
 		radeon_vm_block_size = 9;
 	}
 
 	if (radeon_vm_block_size > 24 ||
-	    radeon_vm_size < (1ull << radeon_vm_block_size)) {
-		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM page table size (%d) to large\n",
+	    (radeon_vm_size * 1024) < (1ull << radeon_vm_block_size)) {
+		dev_warn(rdev->dev, "VM page table size (%d) too large\n",
 			 radeon_vm_block_size);
 		radeon_vm_block_size = 9;
 	}
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ int radeon_device_init(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	/* Adjust VM size here.
 	 * Max GPUVM size for cayman+ is 40 bits.
 	 */
-	rdev->vm_manager.max_pfn = radeon_vm_size << 8;
+	rdev->vm_manager.max_pfn = radeon_vm_size << 18;
 
 	/* Set asic functions */
 	r = radeon_asic_init(rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
index cb1421369e3a2eaa111a8c6d5f3b1e248e72beec..e9e361084249c7deddd0dd680ced4d95a845d31d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int radeon_dpm = -1;
 int radeon_aspm = -1;
 int radeon_runtime_pm = -1;
 int radeon_hard_reset = 0;
-int radeon_vm_size = 4096;
+int radeon_vm_size = 4;
 int radeon_vm_block_size = 9;
 int radeon_deep_color = 0;
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ module_param_named(runpm, radeon_runtime_pm, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(hard_reset, "PCI config reset (1 = force enable, 0 = disable (default))");
 module_param_named(hard_reset, radeon_hard_reset, int, 0444);
 
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(vm_size, "VM address space size in megabytes (default 4GB)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(vm_size, "VM address space size in gigabytes (default 4GB)");
 module_param_named(vm_size, radeon_vm_size, int, 0444);
 
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(vm_block_size, "VM page table size in bits (default 9)");