diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index 6c792f71490839563dc6e3addffdc391537d66f2..67ac42dfe646a5854fc5329c319520a49972f7fb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -628,6 +628,8 @@ static int vmw_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long chipset)
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		goto out_err0;
 
+	dev_priv->prim_bb_mem = dev_priv->vram_size;
+
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
 
 	vmw_print_capabilities(dev_priv->capabilities);
@@ -640,6 +642,8 @@ static int vmw_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long chipset)
 		DRM_INFO("Max dedicated hypervisor surface memory is %u kiB\n",
 			 (unsigned)dev_priv->memory_size / 1024);
 	}
+	DRM_INFO("Maximum display memory size is %u kiB\n",
+		 dev_priv->prim_bb_mem / 1024);
 	DRM_INFO("VRAM at 0x%08x size is %u kiB\n",
 		 dev_priv->vram_start, dev_priv->vram_size / 1024);
 	DRM_INFO("MMIO at 0x%08x size is %u kiB\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
index ba49c1d6960706ac98437f8d96d85ea57e6fbcb4..486adaf235d06a22c637c494d94e277a293a2291 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ struct vmw_private {
 	unsigned int io_start;
 	uint32_t vram_start;
 	uint32_t vram_size;
+	uint32_t prim_bb_mem;
 	uint32_t mmio_start;
 	uint32_t mmio_size;
 	uint32_t fb_max_width;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c
index a51f48e3e917e0d3f5d4c73202be335df6f6919b..e308e9eafbb19f9928d553bc21b2c00021167da5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int vmw_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		param->value = dev_priv->fifo.capabilities;
 		break;
 	case DRM_VMW_PARAM_MAX_FB_SIZE:
-		param->value = dev_priv->vram_size;
+		param->value = dev_priv->prim_bb_mem;
 		break;
 	case DRM_VMW_PARAM_FIFO_HW_VERSION:
 	{
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index 019e2dbb46c8a8312724cb40d53be43f3a8b4257..c597d893629057ef2030db0801b5ef8b30eac317 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ bool vmw_kms_validate_mode_vram(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 				uint32_t pitch,
 				uint32_t height)
 {
-	return ((u64) pitch * (u64) height) < (u64) dev_priv->vram_size;
+	return ((u64) pitch * (u64) height) < (u64) dev_priv->prim_bb_mem;
 }