diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ac8bc1df7c8f8d2621760cb87f834e20e0256ab2..92acc5f8e334cc24278ecc688722b0eec40b5350 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3669,7 +3669,12 @@ void i915_gem_init_ppgtt(struct drm_device *dev)
 	pd_offset <<= 16;
 
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 6) {
-		uint32_t ecochk = I915_READ(GAM_ECOCHK);
+		uint32_t ecochk, gab_ctl;
+
+		gab_ctl = I915_READ(GAB_CTL);
+		I915_WRITE(GAB_CTL, gab_ctl | GAB_CTL_CONT_AFTER_PAGEFAULT);
+
+		ecochk = I915_READ(GAM_ECOCHK);
 		I915_WRITE(GAM_ECOCHK, ecochk | ECOCHK_SNB_BIT |
 				       ECOCHK_PPGTT_CACHE64B);
 		I915_WRITE(GFX_MODE, GFX_MODE_ENABLE(GFX_PPGTT_ENABLE));
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 1124e4f594f5ccca0774bcbfb7d86752785d75a4..d875fb19f62da95958eb5e5007f22cbd093fe81b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@
 #define   ECOCHK_PPGTT_CACHE64B		(0x3<<3)
 #define   ECOCHK_PPGTT_CACHE4B		(0x0<<3)
 
+#define GAB_CTL				0x24000
+#define   GAB_CTL_CONT_AFTER_PAGEFAULT	(1<<8)
+
 /* VGA stuff */
 
 #define VGA_ST01_MDA 0x3ba