diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_mocs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_mocs.c
index 927825f5b28447f95fd021ca5af9c62f95eda4a3..2280c329d37f70a046688781c304a90618561bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_mocs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_mocs.c
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ struct drm_i915_mocs_table {
  *       end.
  */
 static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry skylake_mocs_table[] = {
-	{ /* 0x00000009 */
+	[I915_MOCS_UNCACHED] = {
+	  /* 0x00000009 */
 	  .control_value = LE_CACHEABILITY(LE_UC) |
 			   LE_TGT_CACHE(LE_TC_LLC_ELLC) |
 			   LE_LRUM(0) | LE_AOM(0) | LE_RSC(0) | LE_SCC(0) |
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry skylake_mocs_table[] = {
 	  /* 0x0010 */
 	  .l3cc_value =    L3_ESC(0) | L3_SCC(0) | L3_CACHEABILITY(L3_UC),
 	},
-	{
+	[I915_MOCS_PTE] = {
 	  /* 0x00000038 */
 	  .control_value = LE_CACHEABILITY(LE_PAGETABLE) |
 			   LE_TGT_CACHE(LE_TC_LLC_ELLC) |
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry skylake_mocs_table[] = {
 	  /* 0x0030 */
 	  .l3cc_value =    L3_ESC(0) | L3_SCC(0) | L3_CACHEABILITY(L3_WB),
 	},
-	{
+	[I915_MOCS_CACHED] = {
 	  /* 0x0000003b */
 	  .control_value = LE_CACHEABILITY(LE_WB) |
 			   LE_TGT_CACHE(LE_TC_LLC_ELLC) |
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry skylake_mocs_table[] = {
 
 /* NOTE: the LE_TGT_CACHE is not used on Broxton */
 static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry broxton_mocs_table[] = {
-	{
+	[I915_MOCS_UNCACHED] = {
 	  /* 0x00000009 */
 	  .control_value = LE_CACHEABILITY(LE_UC) |
 			   LE_TGT_CACHE(LE_TC_LLC_ELLC) |
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry broxton_mocs_table[] = {
 	  /* 0x0010 */
 	  .l3cc_value =    L3_ESC(0) | L3_SCC(0) | L3_CACHEABILITY(L3_UC),
 	},
-	{
+	[I915_MOCS_PTE] = {
 	  /* 0x00000038 */
 	  .control_value = LE_CACHEABILITY(LE_PAGETABLE) |
 			   LE_TGT_CACHE(LE_TC_LLC_ELLC) |
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ static const struct drm_i915_mocs_entry broxton_mocs_table[] = {
 	  /* 0x0030 */
 	  .l3cc_value =    L3_ESC(0) | L3_SCC(0) | L3_CACHEABILITY(L3_WB),
 	},
-	{
+	[I915_MOCS_CACHED] = {
 	  /* 0x00000039 */
 	  .control_value = LE_CACHEABILITY(LE_UC) |
 			   LE_TGT_CACHE(LE_TC_LLC_ELLC) |
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 51b9360bb376043c847f38844f719b17e99b3899..33ce5ff9556a706d557aa871b6641c55cbe7cd6b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -62,6 +62,30 @@ extern "C" {
 #define I915_ERROR_UEVENT		"ERROR"
 #define I915_RESET_UEVENT		"RESET"
 
+/*
+ * MOCS indexes used for GPU surfaces, defining the cacheability of the
+ * surface data and the coherency for this data wrt. CPU vs. GPU accesses.
+ */
+enum i915_mocs_table_index {
+	/*
+	 * Not cached anywhere, coherency between CPU and GPU accesses is
+	 * guaranteed.
+	 */
+	I915_MOCS_UNCACHED,
+	/*
+	 * Cacheability and coherency controlled by the kernel automatically
+	 * based on the DRM_I915_GEM_SET_CACHING IOCTL setting and the current
+	 * usage of the surface (used for display scanout or not).
+	 */
+	I915_MOCS_PTE,
+	/*
+	 * Cached in all GPU caches available on the platform.
+	 * Coherency between CPU and GPU accesses to the surface is not
+	 * guaranteed without extra synchronization.
+	 */
+	I915_MOCS_CACHED,
+};
+
 /* Each region is a minimum of 16k, and there are at most 255 of them.
  */
 #define I915_NR_TEX_REGIONS 255	/* table size 2k - maximum due to use